Friday

22nd April - Law News

Edition 3769: 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: Several states - from West Bengal to Gujarat and Delhi to Andhra Pradesh - have seen Hindus celebrating a religious festival come to blows with local Muslims. The ruling ultra-rightwing BJP party blames Muslims and opposition groups for the trouble. They, in turn, say the blame should be focused on right-wing Hindu groups and priests who are supported by the BJP. 
 
Focus of the Day Article:  Rape victims failed by UK criminal courts are being forced to seek justice elsewhere. With prosecutions at an all-time low, some women are turning to civil courts – but the process can be difficult and expensive. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Derry firm McCay Solicitors appoints Andrea McGill as associate solicitor | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gKSB5VHXVY
  • Reviewing the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Es2xA8AUS
  • A man has been found guilty of murdering a six-year-old schoolboy more than 27 years ago. Rikki Neave disappeared on 28 November 1994 and his body was found in woods near his Peterborough home the following day https://t.co/ZlmrhW4HCo
  • SRA announces Khan prosecution days after release from prison | Law Gazette https://t.co/7txpv0EvxO
  • The EU is asking its citizens to drive less, turn down air conditioning and work from home three days a week, to reduce reliance on Russian energy https://t.co/BVkk0WFNuk
  • Footage of David Herring, 53, of Manor Road, Sudbury, in Suffolk, kicking the animal several times in November last year, was sent to the RSPCA and he has been fined https://t.co/JCm9qQARkl
  • Irwin Mitchell to give staff extra £900 amid cost of living crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xV2tErWTV
  • ‘Success breeds ambition… I have more work to do as justice minister’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iVMyIqKYQS
  • Thousands interested in becoming magistrates | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZNTaZ6bo4N
  • A major Conservative Party donor was listed as a director of a company secretly owned by a Russian oligarch close to President Putin https://t.co/NuUBWOkTQ9 
  • Boris Johnson to be investigated for claims he misled Parliament about lockdown parties https://t.co/kn2yIumD5P 
  • Innovate UK backs law firm to develop reputational risk tool | Legal Futures https://t.co/bd7VaDEr7
  • Media can't usurp courts' jurisdiction; media trial not protected speech: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Z0PmpxT3KF
  • Grade D fee earners ‘charging more than £500’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/0FvEUljdvD
  • Christian Porter’s barrister should not have been barred from case because friend of accuser ‘wishes him ill’, court told #Australia https://t.co/l97sbIK5Og
  • Sophie Khan to face 11 charges at disciplinary tribunal | Legal Futures https://t.co/t42EUMmYHy 
  • Equity partners fined for overseeing ‘chaotic’ finances | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZNfY7u2zLT 
  • Judge could hand down judgment despite settlement | Legal Futures https://t.co/o64F9VQQig 
  • MPs say asbestos must go from public buildings within 40 years https://t.co/Rt9mzJJe8x
  • The largest ever study of protected areas - places "set aside" ostensibly for nature - has revealed that most do not actively benefit wildlife. Only careful managing of such areas reap benefit rather than mere designation https://t.co/AlSiRYMeYc
  • SCTS error sees jurors in north east told to go to Inverness | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wx6vl2kPof
  • Calls for US travel ban for ‘oligarch lawyers’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivRd1qervo 
  • PM abandons efforts to block inquiry on misleading Commons over Partygate: Government changes tack and attempts to delay investigation until after the full publication of Sue Gray report https://t.co/IYfAAs8Q04
  • Regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UOLu98bz9W 
  • Deirdre MacCarthy appointed chief legal officer at Wayflyer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DS2Wuetas7
  • UK corporate clients are increasingly turning to the Big Four accounting firms for legal services as alternative legal services providers (ALSPs) take a bigger share of the market | Legal Futures https://t.co/cBJXHh88MR
  • Johnny Depp faces questioning in case against ex-wife Amber Heard #US https://t.co/WIaYT8emi0
  • A "complex" murder investigation is under way after three bodies were found at a property in a village. A man and a woman, in their 60s, and man, in his 50s, were found dead at an address in Spring Gardens, in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, on Tuesday https://t.co/mreR361lP
  • Government urged to clarify if Garda recording law covers facial recognition | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Tt1cEOkaFC 
  • A review of the major events that have marked the history of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem https://t.co/1nwnRvxE8m
  • The producers of a film whose cinematographer was accidentally shot dead on set by Alec Baldwin have been fined and strongly criticised by authorities for failing to follow safety guideline #US https://t.co/4Sp8VFjkSY

Thursday

21st April - Law News

Edition 3768: 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: Australian businesses in the key marginal seat of Parramatta are pushing for a stronger immigration policy ahead of the election to fix labour shortages.

Focus of the Day Article:   A new official route for the online publication of court judgments marks 'a vital step towards better transparency' in the justice system, the government said today. As the Gazette revealed last year, the new service from the National Archives, called Find Case Law, presents judgments formatted to ease analysis by computer. For the first time, judgments are published under a clear copyright licence permitting such use. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Barrister with council tax conviction fails in disbarment appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/49vTgrrMuy 
  • PI firm owner banned over kickbacks on ATE insurance | Law Gazette https://t.co/qxz6aqkYKh 
  • Police hunt for up to 40 people after bloody brawl spills into busy Cardiff street - South Wales Police is appealing for eyewitnesses or those with video footage of the incident involving Cardiff City and Luton Town fans to contact them https://t.co/Ok3Naf1JpW 
  • First chambers to set up abroad opens HQ in London - Legal Futures https://t.co/DsA1xbmgwT 
  • Pinsent Masons latest to boost NQ pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/hjBSk1ZxN9 
  • "Shocked:" Delhi High Court on ashram of absconding godman Virendra Dev Dixit housing 160 women in 'animal-like' conditions | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/95yrrfOS7n 
  • The head teacher of an east London school where a black pupil was strip-searched has stood down due to health issues https://t.co/KtWdsoxIaH 
  • A man has admitted sharing a grossly offensive video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire. Paul Bussetti, of Sundial Avenue in Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court https://t.co/G1uSg63gJn
  • Ex-EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis who shouted 'black lives don't matter' has been sentenced with a community order https://t.co/ReW5l5l4b4 
  • Comparison website targets unmet needs of SMEs - Legal Futures https://t.co/lpXf9zu6ZY 
  • Why does the prime minister keep attacking lawyers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/iSSzOhCQYP 
  • Practical advice for anyone considering a career in international criminal law, distilled by David Josse QC | COUNSEL https://t.co/BCiKKi4YfR 
  • CMS announces five partner promotions in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0CLwujafqW 
  • Rape victims failed by UK criminal courts are being forced to seek justice elsewhere https://t.co/OKtUjm0Ppm 
  • Public law campaigners help vulnerable child's legal aid challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/rpTiAawETk 
  • Solicitor struck off for lying about existence of key evidence - Legal Futures https://t.co/wv2ljRA3xa 
  • UK to make fake reviews illegal and tackle ‘subscription traps’. Plan to give competition watchdog more powers to tackle rip-offs and poor business practices https://t.co/CBc09LKLB5 
  • #HongKong jails pro-democracy activist and former DJ for ‘uttering seditious words’: Tam Tak-chi was the first person charged with sedition since 1997  https://t.co/ugay092dlz
  • Brodies’ family law experts receive Law Society accreditations | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kAi6bascXo 
  • Ince’s takeover of Arden surmounts another hurdle | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ooue8cQ0em 
  • #Russia ‘preparing legal action’ to unfreeze $600bn foreign currency reserves https://t.co/rtJ4iW7pzo 
  • People using self-driving cars will be allowed to watch television on built-in screens under proposed updates to the Highway Code. The changes will say drivers must be ready to take back control of vehicles when prompted, the government said https://t.co/KDdEkZT7z6 
  • The Zomato and Swiggy riders risking their lives to deliver food in #India https://t.co/kT8g1BKcPV 
  • Ageism in UK and US law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/kIlAL9zvA0 
  • Irwin Mitchell hands staff members £900 to help with cost of living crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/yrmRJUp5cg
  • Lord Reed talks to Anthony Inglese about fair work distribution, what makes good advocacy and the importance of judicial views being heard respectfully | COUNSEL https://t.co/XVQYEUZHMe
  • Patients in waiting rooms in England are no longer required to socially distance. The new "stepping down" rules apply to NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and emergency departments https://t.co/TXl9npMqiI 
  • England and Wales: Government scheme expands access to court judgments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LO5hA7rpLC 
  • #SriLankan protesters demand justice for victims of Easter terror attacks https://t.co/pjUSeFy0Fi 
  • Northern Ireland law firms urged to prioritise defences against cyber attacks | Irish Legal News https://t.co/N21MlpXPZh
  • Ukrainian workers flee ‘modern slavery’ conditions on UK farms https://t.co/tZqnsvH0D6 
  • Actor Johnny Depp has testified in his $50m (£38m) defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard that he never struck her #US https://t.co/L74pisWF7F

Wednesday

20th April - Law News

Edition 3767: 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 US has few ways to track the substantial supply of anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other weaponry it has sent across the border into Ukraine, sources tell CNN, a blind spot that's due in large part to the lack of US boots on the ground in the country -- and the easy portability of many of the smaller systems now pouring across the border

Focus of the Day Article:  The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that states have a broad margin of discretion in applying their criminal law to cases of assisted suicide. The applicant’s conviction may have constituted an interference with his rights, but that interference was prescribed by the Danish criminal law, which pursued the legitimate aims of the protection of health and morals and the rights of others. Denmark had not acted disproportionately by convicting him. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Hostile environment instigator former Tory prime minister Theresa May has criticised the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda https://t.co/AoX9oQ8ODz 
  • Slaughter and May revamps associate pay scales and raises NQ rate to £115,000 - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8bheecEIME
  • Laois Nationalist — Day in the life of a solicitor: Is it all suits and all-nighters? #Ireland https://t.co/FREMnUhCfA 
  • Dr Gregory Burke's stark ‘lessons learnt’ as a disabled barrister and why chambers are showing a ‘failure of imagination’ | COUNSEL https://t.co/Z8cNnQJp2A
  • London barristers’ sets announce merger to great 120-strong common law giant. Combined chambers will be known as 5 Norwich Street when deal completes in the autumn - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fT4gdDSfmI 
  • Diary of a high street conveyancer; 18th April 2022 https://t.co/w3WEAxwuR
  • The positive steps being taken to enable the future Treasury Counsel team to be diverse and inclusive | COUNSEL https://t.co/NLLcCsOkzg
  • Son of immigrant parents becomes first professional discipline barrister to be appointed QC – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/oX4H63K8mL
  • Sir Robert Buckland QC MP: former Lord Chancellor chats about his time as a criminal barrister, his proudest moments in office and another cause very close to his heart – promoting awareness of neurodiversity in all parts of the justice system | COUNSEL https://t.co/aL1tD6goSG
  • Melbourne lawyer William Lye on the hunt for evidence of war crimes in #Ukraine https://t.co/FSQKPaW2yP
  • [Prohibition of Child Marriage] There hardly seem to be any FIRs: Bombay High Court to Maharashtra government | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CxBpHpuntw
  • New data shows extent of crisis at criminal Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/TjgyqYzGpp
  • Recognising and managing oppressive behaviour – in-court and out: part 1 | COUNSEL https://t.co/5plW621LzH
  • Coca Cola adds senior Facebook lawyer as international GC: Tech veteran Willie Hernandez joins beverages giant amid broader shake-up of legal leadership - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/P3jl4qzBf
  • One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Problem of the UK and Europol – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/frpEwFQ6Er 
  • A solicitor has been struck off after admitting he ‘hoodwinked’ himself into thinking it was acceptable to mislead counsel and the court | Law Gazette https://t.co/5zXUZyYSMv 
  • GCs face increased pressure on sustainability issues, Lex Mundi study finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oLETnaGVZz
  • Regulator withdraws case against junior lawyer who left documents on train: decision prompted by new medical evidence in case that put spotlight on mental health in UK profession - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GcZ3vc150M 
  • Working without benefits… part 2: Has the Bar yet made it to the ‘best employers’ list? The concluding part of Robin Jackson’s guide for chambers’ leaders, thinking of the next staff salary round | COUNSEL https://t.co/jXrG0SXKKz 
  • Backlog in the family courts – options for lawyers – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/XGrEwqyTvd
  • How did we get from a deep and sensible Independent Human Rights Act Review to a simplistic and self-defeating ‘modern bill of rights’? | COUNSEL https://t.co/HOEVzP60X6
  • A partisan case for making Hindi the common language of the #India judiciary? https://t.co/gdT8yltaaS
  • Former world champion Amir Khan says he has been robbed at gunpoint while out with his wife in Leyton, east London https://t.co/dSrskzU4su 
  • Florida federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other forms of public transit, calling it unlawful #US https://t.co/q9OUFoJIaM
  • Is the public empowered to seek justice when needed? – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/0fKOmSVb7E 
  • No 10 suspected of being target of NSO spyware attack, Boris Johnson ‘told’ - No 10 subjected to UAE-linked spyware attack, says report, but Israeli firm suggests allegations are false https://t.co/sz8zW0PRdB 
  • The effort to implement a Supreme Court code of ethics #US https://t.co/zRTTpEaycQ

Tuesday

19th April - Law News

Edition 3766: 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: Clashes have taken place for a fourth day in several Swedish cities, sparked by the apparent burning of a Quran by a far-right, anti-immigrant group. Local media said three people were injured in the eastern city of Norrköping on Sunday when police fired warning shots at rioters. Several vehicles were set on fire and at least 17 people were arrested. On Saturday, vehicles including a bus were set on fire in the southern city of Malmo during a far-right rally.
 
Focus of the Day Article:  Solicitors have raised questions about the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) plans to help consumers compare the market on fees, pricing models and costs. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Colston Four becomes Colston Three as victorious barrister is left off follow-up panel event - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NYrvzbVIiR 
  • Hookah smoking in restaurant should be only in separate earmarked space; customers should not use ganja: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8XWGojJbxZ
  • Mishcon teams up with UCL to fund lawtech PhD - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nocF5VctWh
  • Plea by couple before Kerala High Court seeks ₹10 crore compensation alleging death of daughter due to Covishield vaccine | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yFROyKbOlZ 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US Supreme Court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NzddI6MEgs 
  • Companies owned by #US radio host Alex Jones, including his right-wing website InfoWars, have filed for bankruptcy. The move comes as he fights defamation suits brought by families of those killed in a 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school https://t.co/3NOr9iUHLV 
  • LawTech Talks: Reflecting on the waves of change - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hdPshOtkxp 
  • Peers will fight UK government’s ‘awful’ Rwanda plans, says Lord Dubs: Alf Dubs, former child refugee, says sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is effectively ‘state-sponsored trafficking’ https://t.co/TpShFgKxfw
  • A Kentucky man has been awarded $450,000 (£345,314) after his company threw him a surprise birthday party despite his warnings that it would trigger stress and anxiety #US https://t.co/ixN6S9mvfC 
  • SRA abandons prosecution of junior solicitor who lost briefcase - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SEtcn7bD6m 
  • UK Language schools for foreign students are being “devastated” by a combination of post-Brexit red tape and the impact of the pandemic, threatening the future of a £3.2bn industry https://t.co/d1VYfpeI1Z 
  • Rich Britain sending refugees to Rwanda isn’t ‘burden-sharing’. It’s shameful exploitation https://t.co/T4MsiE9OyP 
  • Davis Polk joins City pay war with £160k NQ salary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vr9xNu6ATj 
  • Forty XR activists arrested in various anti-fossil fuel protests across London: Olympians Etienne Stott and Laura Baldwin among those who climbed on oil tanker, while others hung banner from Marble Arch https://t.co/6XKsgRpi1N 
  • Meet the surrogacy lawyer standing for the Greens in Wills - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/TbQ62vk4fn 
  • 'I am only the UK's sixth black female QC': Nneka Akudolu was told she had little chance of becoming a barrister after getting pregnant in her second year of university, now she's a Queen's Counsel recognised for her excellence https://t.co/TzVXhBgIkk 
  • Scotland's health secretary has said the time is right to remove the last remaining Covid legal restrictions https://t.co/IDPGiynsNu
  • Unprepared walkers have been blamed for reports of human faeces on some of Wales' most popular mountain paths. Snowdonia National Park Authority said there were toilets at the bottom of main paths which should be used before starting a hike https://t.co/j72CsMJ5n9 
  • Kim Kardashian essay to be model answer for future law students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hsFjx7lgXE 
  • Calls for US to issue visa bans for UK lawyers enabling Russian oligarchs #US https://t.co/slG2Tihjuc 
  • Christmas savings clubs money to be protected by new laws https://t.co/3yaikl6z8B 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Risk, reform and financial services - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/uflFLd3QuP 
  • Ashurst joins City firms in boosting financial support for future trainees doing the LPC - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lvNfIRVIYo 
  • UAL ‘suspends’ role in #Israeli gov’t over Jerusalem violence: The measure is seen as a symbolic gesture and could be resolved by the time the Israeli Knesset reconvenes next month https://t.co/Ay9zPjuSWx 
  • The lowdown on the Legal Cheek-ULaw Spring 2022 Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kua1BsUVAV 
  • Women in England’s poorest areas die younger than in most OECD countries https://t.co/XY1AVhU3yT 
  • Slaughters increases NQ lawyer rates to £115k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DLal5vDq5j 
  • #Australians have unequal rights to die. For some families, that only adds to the pain https://t.co/OoVYQnLYlO

Monday

18th April - Law News

Edition 3765: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: On 31 July 2015, 800 people gathered in the surroundings of Westminster Hall, in the Palace of Westminster, to witness a historic mock trial of a representative group of Magna Carta barons. The event was part of a range of activities taking place globally to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Bakers backs ‘up and coming’ fintech firms with £100k worth of free legal support - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GXBtbEVhjL
  • Plea in Delhi High Court seeks action against those pasting printouts, parking stickers with word 'Judge' on their vehicles | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/K86e1HmoF
  • How TikTok is helping lawyers land new clients - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vJklWiRAqk
  • Non co-operating members should be held accountable for delay in redevelopment of society building: Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/oddsJFC12e
  • Nicola Sturgeon has been reported to police after being filmed apparently breaching Scotland's face mask rules https://t.co/APrN0cMMcJ
  • The "unduly harsh" test considered further by Court of Appeal - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ODNnbs6DAv
  • Flapjacks are too chewy to be taxed as cakes, tribunal rules: Glanbia Milk’s products will attract VAT because they are not baked and would not be served at afternoon tea https://t.co/j3aW6SHVz0
  • Justice minister quits over Boris Johnson’s ‘partygate’ fine - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ll1eehUdHm
  • Report of Boris Johnson pouring drinks ‘implies he started lockdown party’ - Downing Street gathering in November 2020 became leaving party only after PM arrived, Sunday Times reports https://t.co/QUDWImXZLM
  • There has been a third night of unrest in #Sweden after protests against a far-right group which burned a copy of the Quran and planned to do so again https://t.co/1sqAgQDsYk
  • Boris Johnson's fine for breaching lockdown rules is the "most severe constitutional crisis involving a prime minister", a historian has said https://t.co/weJFnvoCZP
  • Law Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurates new J&K International Arbitration Centre at Srinagar | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/a39xbHNOX9 
  • Refusal of Sabina Nessa’s murderer to attend sentencing may prompt new law #US https://t.co/y7JA1XjowU
  • Open thread: What UK firms are REALLY paying associates beyond NQ level - Legal Cheek https://t.co/94Gl3CRmzw
  • Images posted online will be crucial in prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine, according to UK legal expert who said the use of bomb footage from Yemen during a mock war crimes trial showed how images shared online had "transformed" the documentation https://t.co/7ZxaJ72idM
  • What small firms should be doing post-budget - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/TuLb2PMDDV
  • Priti Patel mislead parliament over controversial borders bill: Questions raised over home secretary’s claim that new law would allow ‘safe and legal route’ https://t.co/j4iJutsQsW
  • Conviction of doctor under assisted suicide prohibition not in breach of Convention - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/zqHDpZf76k
  • Priti Patel's top civil servant Matthew Rycroft warned her there was not enough evidence of the "deterrent effect" of the plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda https://t.co/ppXDPaiQ47 
  • Briton who killed terminally ill wife faces murder trial in #Cyprus: David Hunter is to go to court this week, after his lawyers’ request that the charge be changed to assisted suicide was refused https://t.co/oMW25Qe9Du
  • Students gunning for high-paying jobs in law, medicine and finance could save £20k by taking a gap year, experts claim - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YkuAWyX2kc
  • Children have right to love and affection of parents and grandparents: Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/AeSxwH7AQ
  • RT @UKVisaBarrister: Migration Advisory Committee privacy information notice https://t.co/b9mHpNlgir https://t.co/dw4vozWyUw
  • One of Wales' most popular mountain paths was "covered in human stools" and litter as visitors flocked to the area for Easter, a mountain guide has said. Snowdon guide Gemma Davies said she even caught a man defecating on the mountain's railway line https://t.co/qYjb7Q4bPk 
  • Building a firm model fit for purpose in changing times - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/7sOTmfr5ap
  • London NQ lawyer pay reaches £164,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IXGDdOlPMw 
  • [BREAKING] Special CBI Court upholds Magistrate court order setting aside CBI LOC against Aakar Patel | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/R8EtnkAQyf
  • How the SQE brings greater ‘flexibility, freedom and innovation’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U6DGvG7jXq 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: no-fault divorce, Russia's suspension and support for trans rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/pCHIdkdnKA 
  • I am now one of millions of #Afghan refugees https://t.co/jTK1G1vL38 
  • IN-PERSON EVENT NEXT THURSDAY: How to build an international career at a global law firm in London - with lawyers from Skadden, Quinn Emanuel and Hill Dickinson - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iqNBRWAQ3W 
  • Judge slams Trump as 'charlatan' after jury finds Jan. 6 rioter guilty on all counts #US https://t.co/dEKOhCxEC0

Sunday

17th April - Law News

Edition 3764: 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: Lithium has become one of the most sought-after minerals, crucial for the transition to renewable energy and used in batteries, laptops and even medication. Chile is the world's second-largest producer, and it has become a hot spot for international mining companies looking to cash in on the lithium rush. But on the Maricunga salt flats, Indigenous communities say mining puts the local environment at risk.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The government's plan to send non-white asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is "the opposite of the nature of God", the Archbishop of Canterbury is to say https://t.co/Q4CiMQetrS 
  • Lawyer for Cuba Gooding Jr victims Gloria Allred warns she will now take him for $6million civil rape #US https://t.co/MaWkxINghj 
  • A lifeboat volunteer said he spent days in hospital after contracting a parasitic infection linked to sewage after a river training exercise. David Deveney suffered giardiasis after spending two hours in the River Severn https://t.co/sVX9M9kXJm
  • Criminal defence solicitors have been issued with guidance as their colleagues at the Bar began a ‘no returns’ policy this week | NLJ https://t.co/oefTWbwxXH 
  • Patrick Lyoya killing: Could rethink of #US police traffic stops save lives? https://t.co/GvAztiGNUp
  • "Self-employed people shouldn't be made to do it": Hairdresser slams payments for jury service https://t.co/Ue8G8OIs7Y 
  • The Court of Appeal has fired off a second warning to counsel about lack of discretion, this time in a matter concerning a former MP who sought anonymity for domestic abuse allegations | NLJ https://t.co/iATcT50TsS
  • Dovercourt woman's bid to house Ukrainian family in caravan rejected https://t.co/d9gGoVu8eC 
  • Jury acquits DaVita, ex-CEO Kent Thiry on all counts in landmark antitrust trial #US https://t.co/DBShNSorLw 
  • Sales executive victim of sexual harassment after boss made advances and called her a 'good girl', tribunal rules https://t.co/qxkPyp5YTP
  • The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made ‘swift access to justice’ one of its key goals, in its Digital Strategy for 2022 to 2025 | NLJ https://t.co/zxG3sND86H 
  • #Russia’s mass rapes in Ukraine are a war crime. Its military leaders must face prosecution https://t.co/NNNZSH4c9u
  • The Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) could be granted a 12-month reprieve, following a robust response to a consultation on its future | NLJ https://t.co/1I929w9XzP 
  • 10-year-old boy beaten by drunken criminal lawyer Chetan Patil at housing society in Thane #India https://t.co/PpvIqOUMoz 
  • Updated 'road map' for employment tribunal proceedings published | Lexology https://t.co/gSLJ1mUA0s
  • The Guardian view on ending rape in war: endemic but largely unpunished https://t.co/QGIO4IfKtp
  • Solicitors have raised questions about the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) plans to help consumers compare the market on fees, pricing models and costs | NLJ https://t.co/w3lCOCrvTw 
  • A former cabinet minister, Robert Jenrick, the MP for Newark has taken in a refugee family under a government scheme to help those fleeing Ukraine. His family have welcomed Maria, 40, Christina, 11, and Boden, 15, into their Nottinghamshire home https://t.co/lDtfakECwR 
  • UK Rwanda asylum plan against international law, says UN refugee agency https://t.co/GBnQIBmWS8

Saturday

16th April - Law News

Edition 3763: 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: Three Indian men, accused for attempted murder and in jail since March, have been named in a police case in the communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district earlier this month, raising questions about the police investigations in the rioting case. One of the men had recently witnessed the wrath of the district administration, who allegedly demolished his house citing illegal construction.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Divorce applications up in first week of 'no fault' era | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZDjzHCuath 
  • Russia: Artist detained amid clampdown on anti-war feminists | Irish Legal News https://t.co/W2QJS9FBCv 
  • Junior lawyers hope Matthews case shows ‘shift of approach’ by SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/XAYKnMcR2r
  • Twitter's board has armed itself against a possible hostile takeover - a day after billionaire Elon Musk made a $43bn (£33bn) offer to buy the platform. It has adopted a "limited-duration shareholder rights plan," also known as a "poison pill" https://t.co/Wo5w25mNHO
  • European Commission boosts IP protection for craft and industrial products | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AQ2K1INOFL 
  • An Algerian man who won €250,000 (£206,000; $270,000) on a €5 scratchcard in #Belgium is struggling to claim his winnings because of his undocumented status https://t.co/Nyvu2JsOzg
  • Salah Abdeslam, accused Paris attacker, who did not allow his bombs to explode, claiming he changed his mind, has apologisef to victims #France https://t.co/5PhoCM8ApT
  • London firms in late-stage merger talks | Law Gazette https://t.co/WGO8yhElcV
  • Assault on the Four Courts among centenaries to be commemorated this year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NlpvroCV36
  • LAA sitting on £1.4m in unclaimed fees for unused material | Law Gazette https://t.co/v5zRfw7RjK 
  • Law firm makes seven-figure investment in proptech business - Legal Futures https://t.co/emyInwwz5R
  • A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5sQ8EzMV3e
  • Mary Monson obituary: When a 13-year-old girl was detained in the arrivals hall at Manchester Airport in 2002 carrying heroin worth almost £1m, it was the pioneering criminal solicitor Mary Monson who was called in https://t.co/5Dg40XfjV7
  • No-fault clin neg compensation ‘would harm patients’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/mCf5HtmVuy 
  • Firms "should recruit next generation of lawyers in school" - Legal Futures https://t.co/29EGfwAmiZ
  • More than 150 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics say. #Israeli police officers forcefully entered the holy site https://t.co/u5iW1FLdKM 
  • Boris Johnson takes pre-emptive shot at lawyers over Rwanda scheme - plan to send unauthorised migrants overseas is likely to be very difficult to defend in courts https://t.co/XKTZTEfCUT 
  • LAA turns to solicitors to undermine bar protest | Law Gazette https://t.co/m1rXgWRdm0 
  • A senior director at one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has said, "there's a "special place in hell" for fraudsters. Curtis Ting spent eight years at the FBI before joining Kraken https://t.co/oghlexM5mu
  • The first asylum seekers, none of them from Ukraine though, could be flown to Rwanda from the UK within weeks. It follows the announcement of a pilot that will see people sent to the east African country to claim asylum there https://t.co/UiFKtoIVFq
  • Litigation funder can be joined to financial remedy proceedings - Legal Futures https://t.co/076C12d3Jy
  • Four courts, a siege and a country divided | Law Gazette https://t.co/7wKDxvhqjH
  • Northern Ireland charities invited to apply for funding from Allen & Overy Foundation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bIo4UmDTCn 
  • Which other countries send asylum seekers overseas? https://t.co/OCvLMAuh9p
  • Which Indian law firms are the best to work for? Take this Vahura survey | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/SU3Zh0gxmX 
  • Treat family separations "as transactions, not litigation" - Legal Futures https://t.co/snoeOKNVqq

Friday

15th April - Law News

Edition 3762: 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: Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt discusses a possible Ukrainian strike on a major Russian warship in the Black Sea. The Russians say the ship was evacuated after a fire

Focus of the Day Article:  Legal operations tips for controlling outside counsel costs. The strategic path to controlling law firm expenses often begins by getting the legal department’s affairs in good order first. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • #NewZealand allows resident to be extradited to China in landmark ruling https://t.co/6OlkwKJ22h
  • Parliamentary committee urges government to drop bill of rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/w4UL3ZNQmB
  • Lawyer seen in compromising position with woman during virtual hearing sentenced to two weeks in jail by Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5OKvlf6QWg 
  • A London Conservative Association chair has resigned after he said he "could not rule out" that he was once pictured in Nazi military uniform. The image is said to show Colin Davis from a number of decades ago and was sent to Jewish News this week https://t.co/wlDQpiNLyN
  • 'Apocalypse' now? Judge stunned by £8m divorce costs demands new cap | Law Gazette https://t.co/lBQDm7PGJy 
  • A #US federal jury in Virginia has convicted an ex-British jihadist over his involvement with a notorious Islamic State terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, was linked to the abduction, torture and beheading of several IS hostages in Syria https://t.co/fj3RGfBYuG
  • City of London police have arrested three people for running an unofficial version of Disney's game Club Penguin. Police, acting on the wishes of Disney, took down the website, which claimed to have millions of registered users https://t.co/yAY7LjoAq8
  • Delhi High Court to look into allegations of sexual harassment of woman lawyer at major law firm | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iC8B0PV6O8
  • Two Russian oligarchs linked to billionaire Roman Abramovich have been sanctioned by the UK government. Chelsea FC director Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich are longstanding business associates of Mr Abramovich, who owns the club https://t.co/PmzswmIkqs 
  • A Conservative MP found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy has announced he is resigning from the Commons. Imran Ahmad Khan, who has represented Wakefield since 2019, said he was appealing against the conviction https://t.co/7LtSAvxk2n 
  • ‘Peaceful protest’ under scrutiny as statue case referred | Law Gazette https://t.co/c8Hnnx6MM6 
  • A doctor from North Lanarkshire has been found guilty of 54 sex offence charges against women over 35 years. Krishna Singh, 72, kissed, groped, gave inappropriate examinations and made sleazy comments to 48 patient https://t.co/H1oUqaPbyS 
  • Plans to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats to live in Rwanda have been described as "absolutely chilling" and "cruel and nasty" by charities and politicians https://t.co/ExZBXkMulR 
  • William Nash obituary - campaigning lawyer who relished a fight with the establishment and broke new ground on human rights https://t.co/HpLDysPlUz 
  • Tributes paid to 'tenacious' housing lawyer Nathaniel (Nat) Mathews | Law Gazette https://t.co/QUcZE5gzVA 
  • Lack of accountability “damages authority” of in-house lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/Bke9uDYu6r 
  • Netflix subscribers in Russia launch class action for loss of service https://t.co/AwAZqSZPda 
  • BSB investigating Heathrow protest barrister | Law Gazette https://t.co/tDqZIMgLFe 
  • System failure led to default judgment against leading law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/96zMmr9vsM 
  • The head of WHO says the world does not give equal attention to emergencies affecting black and white people. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said only a fraction of the help given to Ukraine was given to other humanitarian crises https://t.co/4QsmCbHZNE 
  • Barrister disbarred over council tax conviction loses appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/bWv8Az0v7h 
  • #Russian artist faces jail over peace protest using supermarket price labels |- Alexandra Skochilenko accused of displaying messages protesting against the invasion of Ukraine in a Saint Petersburg shop https://t.co/5S4co6R6H0 
  • '£33 quadrillion' serial litigant given two-year court ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/j2Qfr1IETo 
  • LSB calls for “urgency” in improving consumer information - Legal Futures https://t.co/mdaw8AXpYz 
  • Customer found in brothel cannot be prosecuted for immoral trafficking: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/W97wi6NwmN 
  • Priti Patel finalises plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda - Deal to outsource process, described by Labour as ‘unworkable and unethical’, among range of measures to be unveiled https://t.co/SBpvS2aE5m 
  • Will Putin face genocide charges over Ukraine atrocities? https://t.co/Fogr2kjaRB 
  • Justice minister quits over Covid 'rule-breaking' in Downing Street | Law Gazette https://t.co/U7kAa2dSpM 
  • More deals on the way as family law giant makes first acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/1H17x52EZu 
  • ‘It’s a joke’: Britons who received Covid fines react to Boris Johnson’s £50 penalty | https://t.co/LSBwEjLEXM 
  • Belfast firm McKees promotes Jill Annett to partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/MPTvBedjgI 
  • Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has had $7bn (£5.4bn) of assets linked to him frozen by a Jersey Court https://t.co/n6Dj0gAZfF
  • Are you saying Indian medicine system is inferior to allopathy? Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/DFNjCScmAR