Monday

25th April - Law News

Edition 3772: 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 Thursday 13 January, the UK Supreme Court hosted a webinar on Career Pathways to Becoming a Justice. The event provided early and mid-career legal professionals with an opportunity to learn more about the appointment process and what it takes to become a well-qualified candidate, enabling aspiring future Justices to kick-start long-term career planning.

Focus of the Day Article: The Home Office’s top civil servant has told thousands of his staff they will not be breaking the law or be guilty of racism if they enforce Priti Patel’s plan to send people with rejected UK asylum claims to Rwanda. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Police have issued a warning to drivers after a motorist was clocked at 148mph on an Ayrshire road https://t.co/qqtNSakAH3 
  • More than 100 killed at #Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast - Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state https://t.co/ZXv7b9YyAj 
  • Stronger than expected law firm performance during the pandemic | The Law Society https://t.co/AahRUxzXp3
  • Ethicon class action members to be compensated, Federal Court orders - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jfseNAdFiM 
  • Female lawyers crave realistic role models, survey finds | RollOnFriday https://t.co/jBxhJ6QAyK 
  • Hill Dickinson provides staff with emergency childcare cover as part of new wellbeing initiative - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oO8c0BDUB
  • From Kuala Lumpur to Leeds - and what I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X35xA6lx3z
  • A family have lost £3,000 on a holiday after the mum was not allowed to board a flight due to a post-Brexit rule for entry to a group of European countries https://t.co/FMBXs0JzRs 
  • How GCs can steer a business’ ESG framework - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eM3ejvEcWX 
  • Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6kkx0
  • Calcutta High Court imposes ₹25,000 costs on party for seeking repeated adjournments | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iVZeDsDDuj
  • #Nigerian police are looking for the owner of the illegal oil refinery where an explosion killed at least 100 people according to the authorities https://t.co/bQcxIUPx0e
  • The first MP to declare themselves transgender has said he hopes to begin transitioning "as quickly as possible". Jamie Wallis stated last month that he has gender dysphoria and had been raped and blackmailed https://t.co/9hSbBWuQ1x 
  • Slavery protesters target royal tour in St Vincent - Earl and Countess of Wessex met with a frosty welcome amid demands for reparations https://t.co/Ghz4TpMB44
  • Irwin Mitchell launches in Liverpool and Cardiff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CQKcvMaS4k 
  • How Corrs Chambers Westgarth was ‘well placed’ to deal with the pandemic - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Uoe9ARuovc
  • Barrister and filmmaker, Haresh Sood has created and produced a feature-length documentary inspired by the hit film Monsoon Wedding | COUNSEL https://t.co/u1qJ93KcFy
  • NQ lawyer salaries at Weil hit £150k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vgwSNOsO5C 
  • The culture secretary Nadine Dorries has used the excuse of dyslexia to shield her to mix up her words in a video that has been shared on social media. The video demonstrated a socially unable individual in charge of important online legislation https://t.co/pDUTEXkq1w 
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: the computer says no! - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qJWGnLV1xz 
  • It is critical that professionals be able to identify the signs that they are being micromanaged and be able to implement steps to manage this - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/k75FRrYu1X
  • 'Should I say I'm an incoming vac schemer on LinkedIn?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BLXcA5UjFO
  • Same-sex marriage in the Caribbean: winds of change? | COUNSEL https://t.co/fJWj9vd39g 
  • Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’ https://t.co/ygGQkRYFxw 
  • Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6BVVA 
  • Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct - Ministers are among 56 MPs said to be accused of sexual misconduct after being referred to parliamentary watchdog https://t.co/hXnSdw4V1A 
  • A judge in #Singapore has rebuked a group of prospective lawyers who cheated in their Bar exams, including in a paper on ethics and professional responsibility | RollOnFriday https://t.co/AIKO2h0XrD
  • Gyanvapi Mosque - Kashi Vishwanath Temple dispute: Allahabad High Court upholds order directing videography of site | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CAHGCRsYtT 
  • Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding #US https://t.co/oP97GTLR64
  • Prisoners in the central jail in the #Indian union territory of Puducherry briefly forget their worries when they start dancing https://t.co/Xn7vOl65Fa
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene denies calling for an "insurrection" in Washington as part of a trial challenging her right to stand for re-election under a Civil War era law that bars officials from holding office if they violate their oath to protect the #US https://t.co/kG1RpVLJQk 
  • Health Secretary Sajid Javid is to review what immediate changes can be made to gender treatment services for children in England. Javid HAD told MPs that services in this area were too affirmative and narrow, and "bordering on ideological" https://t.co/4FQjlUVGjc

Sunday

24th April - Law News

Edition 3771: 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: Israeli raids in the north of the occupied West Bank have intensified in recent weeks, after two gunmen from Jenin killed eight Israelis in separate attacks. Hundreds of fighters live in the Jenin refugee camp, which has become a stronghold for resistance against the Israeli occupation.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • ‘The courtroom is not fit for purpose’: the hard truths behind sexual assault drama Prima Facie https://t.co/KCfD2dOudc
  • Exchange Chambers helping to shape new national strategy on ABI – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/91l0J9eYNy 
  • In Focus: Law firm profits leapt 40% in the pandemic - annual benchmarking survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/QI1w0Zi7TJ 
  • Legislation to ban combustible cladding introduced | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v83lerxsjy
  • Two men and a woman have been stabbed and at least 10 other people injured in a town centre. Officers were called at about 08:00 BST to reports of people being assaulted in Bedworth, Warwickshire, on Coventry Road and Gilbert Close https://t.co/c2mhx0nhxO 
  • Analysis of the whole life order imposed upon Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/u9fKGYaEAd 
  • Law enforcement agencies probing suspected financial crimes have the right to additional time when necessary to properly investigate, a Scottish court has ruled | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Yka3FXftA5
  • Bundles guidance 'highlights litigant-in-person struggles' | Law Gazette https://t.co/4gMqmlhmgC 
  • What does the future hold for criminal lawyers? – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/ESwIgAzrhX 
  • Ireland to make five-year multi-entry visas more widely available | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TDpaghZULB 
  • LAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns' | Law Gazette https://t.co/u46hB9FLtg 
  • The International Law Framework – Establishing Violence Against Women and Girls as a Human Rights Abuse – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/zAscrIn1IH 
  • ‘Silence guarantees nothing will change’: film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement https://t.co/WpyTKOPeXq
  • Admin hearings outside London in person from next week | Law Gazette https://t.co/eElCtJGNoU 
  • A Russian oligarch's charity, which donated to a private hospital used by the Queen and the Royal Family, has had its bank accounts frozen. The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into charities connected to Viateschlav Kantor https://t.co/7D5apMkTTm
  • A woman has told how she has to live in a home with bare floors due to a policy which demands social housing tenants rip up carpets and floorboards when they move out https://t.co/1FRjlp381P 
  • Criminal Legal Aid: Review calls for new measures to secure sustainability of criminal defence sector – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/JNGMPvOEYQ 
  • Essay competition in memory of Lord Kerr invites submissions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kdIGDR75GH
  • Five-year-old Fazlur Rahman has a stage four tumour in his neck and Afghan doctors are battling to prolong his young life with chemotherapy. He lies in an overcrowded and under-resourced cancer ward in Kabul's Jamhuriat hospital #Afghanistan https://t.co/n88Rx6KKnq 
  • A pill to help treat an overactive bladder - which affects millions of women - could soon be available to buy in the UK without prescription. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants women and doctors to submit their views https://t.co/4lLvWVzgL8
  • A year since wrongful convictions of subpostmasters were first overturned, most say they are no closer to agreeing a financial compensation settlement. They were wrongly accused of theft and false accounting by the Post Office due to faulty software https://t.co/UwTswome2S
  • Legal Platforms: An opportunity for the Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/yEgARV0ek5 
  • Priti Patel accused of misleading parliament over refugee pushbacks: Court ruling reveals unpublished parts of policy saying tactic would not be used against asylum seekers https://t.co/CXG9VPWhQV 
  • Gang member who helped arrange murder of Dutch journalist jailed for life | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0mhMO41Ba3
  • Upbeat Irwin Mitchell announces expansion | Law Gazette https://t.co/Gtqwc4Bb8t
  • #SouthKorea’s highest court overturns military convictions of two gay soldiers https://t.co/xyx8KwAxYY 
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a controversial bill dissolving Walt Disney World's self-governing status in the state. The move is seen as retribution for Disney's opposition to the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill #US https://t.co/tEKy03RO4O 
  • UK to require judicial authorisation before interception of journalists’ material | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0z3eKemFYP
  • Court of Appeal rules in favour of journalist who had phone seized by gardaĆ­ in 2018 #Ireland https://t.co/u8s1Sb4iZT
  • UK reportedly drafting bill to unilaterally scrap Northern Ireland Protocol | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TkiDipSO1G 
  • Johnson leadership doubts resurface amid report of fresh Partygate fine at event he attended https://t.co/qtWVhxeq4x

Saturday

23rd April - Law News

Edition 3770: 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 plans to impose heavy penalties and mandate recalls if electric vehicle (EV) companies are found to be negligent, as part of new "quality-centric" rules, the country's transport minister said, after a spate of fires involving e-scooters. In the meantime, companies may take advance action to recall all defective batches of vehicles immediately, Nitin Gadkari said on Twitter on Thursday, adding that the safety of every commuter is a priority for the government.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Duncan Love elected president of Society of Advocates in Aberdeen | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Da9UrtWJoz
  • Former chief of foreign aid contractor acquitted of bribery blasts police over investigation #Australia https://t.co/nFTNRPtzmO 
  • Activist Lawyer, featuring Emma McIlveen, launches | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0uYXllQsq7 
  • Guns overtook car crashes as the leading cause of death for #US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that over 4,300 young Americans died of firearm-related injuries in 2020 https://t.co/Bf5d5lwgPL 
  • Some supermarkets are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by war in Ukraine. Tesco is allowing three items per customer. Waitrose and Morrisons have limited shoppers to two items each https://t.co/OrajIuQ8Y6 
  • New president and vice-president for Sheriff Appeal Court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s5cMs7dPma
  • Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson punched a fellow airline passenger after the person "threw a water bottle at him," Tyson's spokesperson has said https://t.co/ryY1d4vJYA 
  • Alan Barratt, 62, and Susan Dalton, 66, tricked people into transferring savings to schemes supposedly investing in property or "truffle trees", now jailed for their part in a series of scams in which 245 people lost millions of pounds in pension savings https://t.co/Umk6nJzJy2
  • Latest Mayson report calls for extension of regulation | Law Gazette https://t.co/ue9Lbf3BdP 
  • Personal injury ABS bosses fined for undeclared ATE commissions - Legal Futures https://t.co/wZdzdRQ44I
  • Scrapping limit on sitting days will boost court recovery | Law Gazette https://t.co/opI5KMkug5 
  • Parents to gain right to request flexible working | Irish Legal News https://t.co/izn4fGpksc 
  • "Attempts to lecture the judiciary:" Supreme Court takes objection to Home Secretary affidavit in Abu Salem plea | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lS9HWZjKCi
  • Gateley steps up diversification push with £20m acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/SUtashWzUh
  • A German man has been declared an official suspect by Portuguese prosecutors investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Christian Brueckner has been made an "arguido", but Portuguese authorities have not formally revealed the suspect's name https://t.co/Nsf0ZRqAMp 
  • Protecting and restoring nature – legal tools | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i60Oqr4X9T 
  • Negligence claim thrown out as court rejects MMR evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/BgGLuoCgOH
  • Law firm’s net-zero office generates electricity from lifts - Legal Futures https://t.co/nMLS66f9tb 
  • Time is running out to apply for a devilling scholarship | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3pxFb4itGL
  • A satellite firm says it has identified a mass burial site containing about 200 graves near Mariupol, a city Russian forces have been trying to wrest control of for weeks #Ukraine https://t.co/cMLfkUchR8 
  • Boris Johnson’s attempt to use his India visit to hail the success of JCB, the digger firm owned by a Tory donor, was met with a backlash on Thursday over the use of its machinery in the mass demolition of homes https://t.co/pLdZysKLEv 
  • Priti Patel racist asylum plan ‘not racist or illegal’, civil servants told - Home Office official seeks to reassure staff over refugees to Rwanda scheme as union considers action over ‘callous policy’ https://t.co/I2RMC4clJm
  • Mayson: Legal regulation failing to prevent consumer harm - Legal Futures https://t.co/Fs5Cdq6gbh 
  • Unlimited sitting days to tackle backlog as action begins to bite | Law Gazette https://t.co/lSdJWTXXle
  • Johnny Depp’s libel claim against the publisher of The Sun – which called him a ‘wife beater’ over allegations of domestic violence made by his ex-wife Amber Heard – was arguably the biggest English libel trial of the 21st century | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7kbGkZtu3
  • Belfast lawyer Gillian Shaw appointed senior legal counsel at Diaceutics | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VqbelUpQg2 
  • A mother, stepfather and a teenage boy have been found guilty of murdering a five-year-old boy and dumping his body in a river. Angharad Williamson, 31, John Cole, 40, and a 14-year-old, who cannot be named, killed Logan Mwangi in July 2021 https://t.co/myyCcTmrbq 
  • How senior Tories’ frantic efforts failed to block Boris Johnson inquiry https://t.co/eeDkvnFxJI 
  • Carter-Ruck gets sale order over former clients’ home | Law Gazette https://t.co/ennuGp63d4
  • TLT expands Scottish employment expertise with appointment of Joanne Hennessy | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mJoD65eMAS
  • Gateley snaps up surveyor firm with £30m loan facility | Law Gazette https://t.co/u84RpPoXqV

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 Norrkƶping 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