Tuesday

8th March - Law News

Edition 3724: 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: As Russian forces close in on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, families have been fleeing for their lives as missiles rain down on the outskirts of the city. In the town of Irpin, just 20 kilometres from the centre of Kyiv, Russian shelling has claimed many lives, including families and children, as they fled their homes in an attempt to escape the onslaught.

Focus of the Day Article: R (on the Application of the Counsel General for Wales) v Secretary of State for business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 118 - The Court of Appeal decision handed down on 9th February 2022 is an important case concerning devolved powers. The judgement concerns an application for permission to apply for judicial review made by the Counsel General for Wales to seek a declaration in the following terms. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Solicitor who made up client wins on Facebook escapes with six-month suspension - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UF3qnLmZdt
  • On criminalisation of marital rape: Part II - The Indian Context | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/OiflG1FKlE 
  • 'I went from prisoner to PhD' - Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski tells the extraordinary story of how he transformed his life through education https://t.co/w3iZo5lLGD
  • Lawyers exit Russian law firm’s London office following ‘shocking developments’ in Ukraine - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9fXZHTCfPM 
  • Grime artist Dizzee Rascal has been found guilty of assaulting his former partner. The rapper, whose real name is Dylan Kwabena Mills, attacked Cassandra Jones at a property in Streatham, south London, in June 2021 https://t.co/TbLNmR2MhW
  • Plea before Madhya Pradesh High Court challenges indirect exclusion of non-residents to apply for State Civil Service | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uOtYNLx1iH
  • Ed Sheeran denies Shape of You copyright claim at High Court trial https://t.co/jysDatT3gG 
  • Ashurst and Ropes & Gray reveal spring trainee retention scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UjScf1mgRn 
  • New UK prospectus regime – Government announces fundamental reforms for the post-Brexit era https://t.co/gVLnEdenpS
  • The opportunities awaiting aspiring lawyers in the South East - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tK8IRTWSGM
  • Delhi High Court Chief Justice DN Patel to be next TDSAT chairperson | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/VxzOwCqRQF
  • SQE candidates unable to sit both exams this year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wgfd76qGYO
  • UK Regulator to Probe Potential Competition Law Breaches by Mitie Group https://t.co/rxx5g87ZDN
  • Travers Smith keeps 5 of 7 spring qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bAI8rdTYaX
  • Marketing assistant unfairly dismissed after employer ‘engineered’ redundancy process, tribunal rules - Holiday company was looking to increase its social media presence after not getting as many ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ as its competitor https://t.co/Q5OjRw4bo8
  • Cyclists demand Sadiq Khan makes safety improvements as eighth person killed at Holborn gyratory https://t.co/H9tLJmFAKs
  • #Australia’s SAS was riven by ‘toxic’ infighting serving soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: ‘The SASR is like a country wives’ club,’ says elite soldier under cross-examination https://t.co/QyqhjRC3p
  • Ukraine invasion: Ashurst ceases Russian work as City response continues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3reg9JCiQH
  • "Dark period in history of NSE:" Delhi court rejects Chitra Ramkrishna anticipatory bail plea | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TA7zswqob
  • Kim Kardashian’s lawyer appears to post cheeky dig at Kanye West following divorce ruling #US https://t.co/Wj53CLY6ss 
  • Karim Khan: the ‘very modern British barrister’ heading ICC’s Russia inquiry: International criminal court prosecutor has launched investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine https://t.co/QNrtk8TZUB 
  • Ukraine president is a law graduate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OL517EXt4Y
  • But what are the experiences of Welsh people who have plural ethnic and cultural identities? What preconceptions might a black child face in rural Powys or a hijab-wearing Muslim face in Cardiff? https://t.co/gDcgVAcdr8
  • Is refusal to undergo medical treatment for mental illness a ground for divorce? Supreme Court to decide | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/j01KqOhCIp
  • Ukraine crisis prompts UK U-turn on economic crime law https://t.co/LA4l18f67Z 
  • Legal Twitter defends law firms called out by MP over alleged Russian links - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cPCWBAyGx3 
  • Lawyer admonished by DC ethics board for 'frivolous' sanctions bid #US https://t.co/QS4yijLD5v 
  • The rights and wrongs of life in the metaverse - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Pi5tiE4nNI 
  • How to make the conveyancing process more efficient – part 1 https://t.co/MnkJwXOn2z 
  • TikTok limits services as Netflix pulls out of #Russia https://t.co/eFDMvd9d1e

Monday

7th March - Law News

Edition 3723: 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: Despite the Kremlin's draconian crackdown, crowds of people have turned out at anti-war protests across Russia. One monitoring group said more than 4,000 people had been arrested in dozens of cities across the country. But none of that could stop many ordinary Russians from simply 'going for a walk'. 

Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers have expressed solidarity with Ukraine and called on the government to assist refugees. In a joint statement, Bar leaders in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland and the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, unequivocally condemned the invasion as an ‘act of war’ and ‘a gross violation of international law’. Full story - New Law Journal

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • After taking over as SPP, I exited all WhatsApp groups: Delhi Riots cases Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bvLoEHcOIn
  • How to make it as a legal tech lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/90NLAjHyno 
  • England’s law, not its lawyers, is to blame for the oligarch gold rush https://t.co/cr8GDw11wS
  • Dear Nadhim Zahawi, did you even glance at existing political impartiality law? | Michael Rosen https://t.co/jEOrfysxRY
  • Trainee retention latest: Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown post spring scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kC8npU8dNV
  • Only 50 Ukrainians have been granted visas under a scheme for refugees with family links to the UK, the Home Office has announced https://t.co/6IUx2rm3Mk
  • How lawyers can show support for people in Ukraine | The Law Society https://t.co/HFWDVFQc0F 
  • Britons should not head to Ukraine to fight and should instead help however they can from the UK. The head of the armed forces Adm Sir Tony Radakin rejected the call for a no-fly zone saying it would not help tactically and might escalate fighting https://t.co/z47qj9BoSi 
  • Human rights and a divorce or civil partnership dissolution statement - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/AE88Y4eaVJ
  • Magic circle firms A&O and Freshfields latest to review Russia client links - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aKOZySX7bd 
  • Barrister accused of murdering dad of four is remanded in custody pending DPP directions - #Ireland https://t.co/NjM1VT3FMC
  • First female judge presides over hearing at top court in #Egypt - Radwa Helmi sits on bench of state council, marking ‘historic’ step along road to equality https://t.co/0ia06a1qT2
  • Taylor v Catterall: rumble in the public law jungle? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cRELKZkgqI 
  • The legal fallout from the Russia sanctions https://t.co/4NuTi3QYas
  • ‘Leave no stone unturned’: how investigators gather evidence of war crimes in #Ukraine: Multiple investigations launch as experts caution worst crimes likely yet to come under Russian occupation https://t.co/97zbJqC1DW
  • Leaving with pride intact; consider govt's negative perception a certificate of independence: Justice Akil Kureshi | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5W6peJl95j 
  • Shane Warne's family have accepted the offer of a state funeral, says Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Legendary #Australia spinner Warne died of a suspected heart attack in Thailand on Friday, aged 52 https://t.co/yvzhQTS7IQ 
  • Visa and Mastercard have announced they will suspend all operations in #Russia in protest at its invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/YyVp9ANXNf 
  • ‘Can I spend the next year unemployed now I’ve secured a training contract?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ueK7SELXYT
  • Devolved powers and the internal market post-Brexit - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/jzSCxaD5xb 
  • #Ukraine backs international tribunal plan to try Putin for crime of aggression https://t.co/DvJzYo1dh1 
  • LinkedIn removes lawyer’s post calling for 'pre-emptive nuclear attack on Russia' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8jy3PwjlAi
  • Law students demand refund over lecturer strikes | Law Gazette https://t.co/FEz3DMLqpN 
  • NRA: Judge blocks New York attorney general's attempt to dissolve it but allows suit to proceed #US https://t.co/AP7BylgVrD 
  • Police officer is named after newspaper wins year-long legal fight to reveal his identity https://t.co/LkRsTUNkB8 
  • County court delays still much higher than pre-pandemic, MoJ reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/U6sZxExgil 
  • Net Zero - the challenges and the opportunities for the property sector https://t.co/iCLP8hcG0g 
  • WNBA side Phoenix Mercury say they are concerned for Brittney Griner's "safety, physical and mental health" after the centre was detained in #Russia on charges of drug smuggling https://t.co/kwNZoO82Ai 
  • Zara, Paypal and Samsung suspend business in #Russia over Ukraine invasion https://t.co/59Lbs2EziE 
  • Drivers warned as legal loophole means stranger could park their car on your driveway https://t.co/pZfv7jRW4r

Sunday

6th March - Law News

Edition 3722: 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: Early voting is under way in South Korea's presidential election. One of the last actions of the outgoing liberal president, Moon Jae-in, was to grant a pardon to his conservative predecessor.

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • NI: Barrister Iryna Kennedy raises funds as she returns to Ukraine | Irish Legal News https://t.co/X82SJates8
  • A&O's multi-strand strategy to improve diversity of barristers it uses - Legal Futures https://t.co/HE0lyJ2Oto 
  • ENRC lashes out at 'xenophobia' as libel claim collapses | Law Gazette https://t.co/LMQ9QMLuuj
  • Firm fired Jewish employee after taking time off for religious holiday - Legal Futures https://t.co/QtUdpEekuV 
  • Hundreds of criminals potentially let out wrongly after Scottish government IT blunder | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AN2vRyTWjO
  • Solicitors should decide for themselves what gaps in training they need to fill, rather than have regulators tell them | Law Gazette https://t.co/lZx9e0lpvv
  • The Post Office and Lord Neuberger – Going upstairs - Legal Futures https://t.co/LiNpG5vCWL 
  • English and Irish law will ‘grow further apart’, senior judge says | Law Gazette https://t.co/lcq081y6JK 
  • "Terminate your retainer" if client accepts pre-med whiplash offer - Legal Futures https://t.co/qdKZJO1Xg8
  • The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) set out the two options for its members this week. ‘Returns’ are where another barrister takes over the case if there’s a diary clash. The ballot ends at one minute to midnight on 11 March | NLJ https://t.co/egRAunx9wH 
  • Cork lawyer Catherine Kirwan triumphs with her second novel | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VyboZ9aVjM
  • Family firm producing two cost estimates due to hearing uncertainty | Law Gazette https://t.co/C6u5UVAX9U
  • The House of Commons voted to reject the Lords amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill this week, in a hotly debated late night vote | NLJ https://t.co/W50BlD4ROR
  • Solicitor suspended for false 'great result' posts on Facebook | Law Gazette https://t.co/jermJeYJTp
  • A Scottish law firm, which has no offices south of the border, has failed in a jurisdiction challenge to halt a negligence claim over advice a solicitor gave over a Cornish wind farm project - Legal Futures https://t.co/V2UG4jNBj8
  • Litigation concerning cryptoassets and smart contracts is ‘increasing significantly’, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos has revealed | NLJ https://t.co/avrjezaNuv
  • CC and Eversheds latest to announce Russian client reviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/4d1TVp0LWk 
  • A judge has frozen UK bank accounts operated by a British businessman Graham Bonham-Carte amid allegations they are linked to one of Russia's most controversial oligarchs https://t.co/KCrIdR7DuN
  • Ed Sheeran is a ‘magpie’ who ‘borrows’ ideas, copyright trial hears: The artist was in court for a dispute with two musicians who claim Shape Of You plagiarises parts of their song https://t.co/POH6E41tmg 
  • Minor survivor's family/guardian must be notified when POCSO accused files plea for bail: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7sJXhN0e77 
  • Move to add free speech protections to UK anti-corruption bill: MPs say additions to economic crime bill would help prevent oligarchs and others using ‘intimidation lawsuits’ https://t.co/5pu6PRqLYd 
  • Calls for ad-hoc tribunal to try Putin | Law Gazette https://t.co/gjRFm7DMt9 
  • Paul Bonner Hughes joins 3VB | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OSw9fQMwji 
  • US hunter fined after trophy photo proves he shot sheep in #Canada. Donald Lee claimed he killed a Fannin bighorn sheep in Alaska but an online sleuth and Yukon conservation officers proved he didn’t https://t.co/YDS2j1XnwS 
  • A police officer has been jailed for 10 years for raping a woman who went on to give birth to his child. Sgt Ben Lister, of West Yorkshire Police, attacked the woman at a mutual friend's house in Bradford in 2016 after a night out https://t.co/rlN60HbqMs
  • Jack Ritchie: coroner condemns ‘woefully inadequate’ care for gambling addict https://t.co/31K8lKiC76

Saturday

5th March - Law News

Edition 3721: 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: Indian Students In Ukraine Collect Snow To Melt For Water
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Immigration lawyers reach pro bono milestone helping Ukrainians | Law Gazette https://t.co/N244wdQmv7 
  • Manchester police pay £8,000 to woman urged to drop rape claim https://t.co/XlSk6HGNVm 
  • A tale of two courts – Ukraine looks to The Hague | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTcK3vFBUv 
  • The Russian invasion of #Ukraine has laid bare the contradictory position of central and eastern Europeans within the racial hierarchies that structure Europe’s border regimes https://t.co/LB1FZym6JT 
  • Access to BBC's Russian service, Deutsche Welle, Meduza and Radio Liberty, have been limited as #Russia's parliament pass a law making it an offence to spread "fake" information about the armed forces and the Ukraine invasion https://t.co/Os6jeWgmFE
  • MoJ extends 30 Nightingale courtrooms - but will close 22 | Law Gazette https://t.co/oBQZA7uSme
  • Four-day week delivers for probate firm – but staff must work hard - Legal Futures https://t.co/WRtLIbjVbC 
  • Veteran solicitor 'drifted' into offering banking facility on dubious scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/hqaNxfPban 
  • PM issues warning to oligarch lawyers as profession hits back at criticism - Legal Futures https://t.co/sbV4wkRG4e 
  • Bid to refer to Part 36 offer at hearing is dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/VMmrZh1BFi
  • Mishcon de Reya drops B Corp status after just seven months - Legal Futures https://t.co/2XhF5lK3YY
  • Access to BBC's Russian service, Deutsche Welle, Meduza and Radio Liberty, have been limited as #Russia's parliament pass a law making it an offence to spread "fake" information about the armed forces and the Ukraine invasion https://t.co/Os6jeWgUvc
  • MoJ writes off £18.3m in building courts case management system | Law Gazette https://t.co/uclnAoq8hN 
  • Being gay as a judge “no longer an issue”, says CA vice-president - Legal Futures https://t.co/cIjBwm5xJ
  • Why does UK seem so slow at acting against Putin’s oligarchs? From legal threats to a lack of resources, there are many reasons why Britain may be dragging its heels https://t.co/j5Gxr5zvH6 
  • City solicitor is London's latest cycling casualty | Law Gazette https://t.co/0gn51ox5lP
  • Wales' last few remaining Covid restrictions could be scrapped on the 28 March, it has been announced. It is the first time ministers have given a date for when laws requiring people to self-isolate and wear masks may end https://t.co/JaDqJC0RS
  • Solicitors who signed new fees agreement can't go back, Supreme Court told | Law Gazette https://t.co/62sRlC0RU0
  • Reed Smith’s London revenue up 13% in best-ever financial results | Law Gazette https://t.co/PV5RrcfJQ9 
  • A group of MPs say they are "ashamed" at the support offered to aid workers in Afghanistan, following UK's withdrawal last year. A report found ministers were too slow to provide help to humanitarian workers https://t.co/Go0iWcQFD6 
  • Greater Manchester Police pays £8,000 damages to rape complainant https://t.co/5BPdRPKZ9w 
  • Firm urges Court of Appeal to 'develop' common law on champerty | Law Gazette https://t.co/c22FbkehUj

Friday

4th March - Law News

Edition 3720: 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: Russian forces have seized control of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The facility in the country's south came under heavy shelling and a building caught fire. Ukrainian authorities say the building was used for training and was away from the reactor.
But the attack sparked fears of a potential nuclear disaster. And Ukraine has denounced the assault as "nuclear terror".

 Focus of the Day Article: Could the international criminal court bring Putin to justice over Ukraine? Even if Russian leader were charged, he would have to be arrested in a state that accepts the court’s jurisdiction. Full story - Guardian Law
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A former Free Church of Scotland minister who created a fake social media profile in an attempt to extort intimate images from a young woman has been sentenced to 180 hours’ unpaid work and ordered to pay £750 compensation | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ET6jQT7SPQ
  • City firm bucks office trend by moving to bigger premises | Law Gazette https://t.co/TEtzSjt2eV
  • Immigration lawyers reach out to support fleeing Ukrainians | Law Gazette https://t.co/TAlkv4kWTK
  • DWF welcomes 27 new recruits in Belfast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2rP3h4naX8 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination: A Judiciary Without Public Defenders Is Broken - It will take a lot more than Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation to reverse decades of harm inflicted by a prosecutor-heavy federal bench #US https://t.co/htcqYa9grp 
  • Russian government-backed news channel RT has disappeared from all broadcast platforms in the UK https://t.co/raVEwBnDuC
  • Northern Ireland young solicitors support Ukraine appeal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LCo3zJvUg8 
  • Solicitor leaves profession after clients lost money on unfinished flats | Law Gazette https://t.co/f1yamAci0X
  • Group proceedings case against Celtic FC proceeds | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dshPXu1hxn
  • Top-100 ambitions as southeast firm acquires neighbour | Law Gazette https://t.co/hZr2HLg1ML 
  • Bid by Kazakh mining company to sue journalist is dismissed by judge - Libel claim against Financial Times writer Tom Burgis had been brought to court in London by ENRC https://t.co/HySJwAvXx5
  • Kim Kardashian's divorce is now complete after nearly eight years married to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West #US https://t.co/nL8O4BR3v3 
  • A yacht owned by Igor Sechin, boss of #Russian state energy company Rosneft, was grabbed by French customs officers near Marseille. German authorities seized a $600m vessel owned by Russian metal tycoon Alisher Usmanov according to reports https://t.co/CT3JqHAGXU 
  • Disabled people 'given 12 days' to respond to human rights consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/kr6Aw6GEHB
  • Bid by Kazakh mining company to sue journalist is dismissed by judge - Libel claim against Financial Times writer Tom Burgis had been brought to court in London by ENRC https://t.co/HySJwANyoD
  • Barristers stop work to protest District Court legal aid fees | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xWYYki4PtX 
  • Greene mounts appeal over SDT 'misleading evidence' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/aLHMjrEsEE 
  • Northern Ireland’s restorative justice protocol to be reviewed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wLkVEYX5zl 
  • #US Capitol riots: Guy Reffitt accused of being 'tip of spear' in 6 January mob - Guy Reffitt, 49, is accused of carrying a handgun on to the Capitol grounds, obstruction of an official proceeding and obstruction of justice among other charges https://t.co/xN9vjQ5mVo 
  • Half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Temporary courts were opened in hotels and conference suites to help manage the massive backlog in cases, which has worsened https://t.co/ILZjiA0Bhu 
  • Fees ruling could stop solicitors acting for cash-strapped clients, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/pAzwHUFlmF
  • Ministry of Justice “lacks credibility” because of unspent £1bn - Legal Futures https://t.co/9eb6YDOMgy
  • Seven solicitor advocates introduced to court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AeoSU8d2mC 
  • LSB warns Bar Council over objections to “unreasonable” PCF rise - Legal Futures https://t.co/yV31AcUTQ
  • #Australia's up-and-coming legal superstars for 2022 unveiled | Australasian Lawyer https://t.co/yZUNtkwWYt
  • Lawyer calls for anti-SLAPP legislation after ‘dirty money’ libel claim collapses | Law Gazette https://t.co/IZViavew
  • #China’s IP Tribunal Releases 2021 Annual Report https://t.co/GNPOV1veLc 
  • Could the international criminal court bring Putin to justice over Ukraine? https://t.co/Dh1YM9brnM
  • Ex-chief of #HongKong barristers Paul Harris says he left city after police interview https://t.co/B2c6nrN9eX 
  • #Egyptians seen in jail ‘torture’ videos charged with spreading fake news https://t.co/YQrhFGqwYp
  • They are ‘civilised’ and ‘look like us’: the racist coverage of #Ukraine https://t.co/uPO9DDlLpM 
  • Three more top firms reviewing Russia client links | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ncl6snYdMq
  • John McDonnell and Diane Abbott pull out of Stop the War rally: Labour leftwingers react to pressure from Keir Starmer to avoid blaming Nato for Russian aggression in Ukraine https://t.co/lI6qXDN73A
  • Lisa McKenna elected to Dublin Chamber | Irish Legal News https://t.co/I6W10TyQaL 
  • System under ‘real threat’ as barristers leave criminal work – Bar Council #Ireland https://t.co/oNPuacKVJm 
  • The end of the Word is nigh | Law Gazette https://t.co/KhcpcuKLgj
  • Leading criminal law solicitor struck off over £100 “gift” - Legal Futures https://t.co/fraAMqyIqI 
  • Law Society statement on Ukraine | The Law Society https://t.co/oiRgIHBqgE 
  • Fallon Spencer joins Esson & Aberdein in Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9Gm6bM5diB 
  • Continued whiplash portal problems "a real cause for concern" - Legal Futures https://t.co/RxOJfzJay3 
  • Sheku Bayoh’s family ‘bitterly disappointed’ at inquiry evidence requests https://t.co/C9zi5HjgqA

Thursday

3rd March - Law News

Edition 3719: 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: AML officers: what they need to know - Everyone in a law firm has a responsibility to keep the proceeds of crime out of circulation. Some, however, have a greater responsibility than others. This free webinar will look at what it means to be a Money Laundering Compliance or Reporting Officer – key roles in the fight against financial crime.
 
 Focus of the Day Article: Leading UK firms are considering dropping Russian clients as the war in Ukraine intensifies and the spotlight falls on the legal profession’s links to the country. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • MBM Commercial appoints Stephen Hart as fintech partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wheug3edGE 
  • Ukraine: the rule of law is not divisible | Law Gazette https://t.co/xb8ixTnq8q
  • Trial court ignored settled principles: Delhi High Court cancels bail of man accused of murdering wife | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ArIrFoP7k8
  • David Ridley and Alison Woods join Aberdeen Law Project board | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UvxJJSWs5i
  • Press coverage of Whitehall JR submissions will focus on 'colourful language' | Law Gazette https://t.co/oJRAp7czGu
  • Sports lawyers Louise Reilly and Susan Ahern have been nominated for appointment as directors on the board of Cycling Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EiLQ7JtHgv 
  • Solicitor claimed to be living off benefits to avoid paying debt | Law Gazette https://t.co/7aTXKusO4e
  • Companies House to have power to investigate | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNs4GwlrNr
  • Eugene F Collins completes historic merger with UK-based Addleshaw Goddard | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qaeWfih3xr
  • 20,000 #Indian students living in fear of shelling in Kharkiv and other cities in #Ukraine https://t.co/cKagTdmyGM
  • Blackadders appoints Tabatha Gullikson to new role | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zUAYbfoIGn 
  • CMCs have not exploited whiplash portal, report says - Legal Futures https://t.co/xpxxdrPieO 
  • Suffolk County Council to end contract with Russian-owned Gazprom https://t.co/gvof1D8gC5 
  • Lobbyist opposed to UK petrol cars ban is director of fuel additive firm: Howard Cox denies any conflict of interest in his links to fair fuel group of MPs and company Ultimum https://t.co/S76Eh9luz7 
  • Environment Agency downgrading 93% of prosecutions for serious pollution: leaked internal report adds to concerns cutbacks have undermined England’s regulator https://t.co/KodimEOJWb 
  • Alexei Mordashov, #Russia’s richest man is now an EU sanctions target. Oligarch has investments ranging from London-listed travel giant Tui to the ‘personal bank’ of senior Russian officials https://t.co/fuxwKNYKIJ 
  • #French far-right leader Marine Le Pen forced to defend Putin links. Presidential candidate criticised over campaign leaflet featuring her with Russian leader https://t.co/ADi5vLdopp 
  • Russian firm shuts London office over Ukraine invasion | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y28zQDjTRL 
  • Lord Hodge takes up Church of Scotland appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LBhk1bkIZq 
  • The hidden life of a courier: 13-hour days, rude customers – and big dreams https://t.co/4Pp7686zZo
  • Efforts to target oligarchs will extend to those who enable them, like law firms, the foreign secretary confirmed yesterday - Legal Futures https://t.co/DQfr4VLpWc 
  • Apple has become the latest major firm to halt all product sales in Russia, in a widening corporate backlash to the country's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/CLBbzZLhPP 
  • Landmark Google ruling ‘fatal’ to data claim against TikTok, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9wSVrlU7n 
  • Banbridge solicitor to face trial on fraud charges | Irish Legal News https://t.co/M7hprd8gw8 
  • Register of offshore owners of UK properties full of loopholes, say experts - Long-delayed and apparently feeble enforcement measures will fail to tackle corruption, it is predicted https://t.co/0Gg3XRDu3n 
  • Solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim over transfer to new firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/FsqUknQJ88
  • To end FGM, the UK must protect girls everywhere, not just in this country https://t.co/rLmTxzNWqB
  • International Court of Justice to hear Ukraine claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/5CFrNQK8CG 
  • Young Plato wins Irish human rights film award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kAbQzvQ4BO 
  • Only Fools and Horses firm sues creators of ‘cushty’ dining events - Case could have implications for other pastiche or tribute works based on copyrighted material https://t.co/idwrwC81tF 
  • Canada to petition ICC to investigate alleged Russian war crimes https://t.co/Zny6f4hgUy 
  • Questions raised over time-lag on UK moves to sanction oligarchs https://t.co/6mtywDuA8R 
  • Court upholds non-compete clause for lawyer joining Weightmans - Legal Futures https://t.co/SbWmXGYnyM 
  • BBC spy report alleges MI5 undercover agent abused women, court hears - Details of report revealed in high court as attorney general seeks interim injunction to prevent broadcast https://t.co/6DLE0LNXzo 
  • Slater and Gordon halves divorce fee ahead of 'no-fault' reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/TmDZcUqRmr 
  • City firms prepare to drop Russian clients after Ukraine invasion | Law Gazette https://t.co/kCA8a7f1dM 
  • The UK government has authorised the emergency use of a type of pesticide almost entirely banned in the EU because of the harm it can cause bees https://t.co/lvV333QCcq

Wednesday

2nd March - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The family of an undergraduate who took her own life are to challenge the University of Bristol over its duty of care in protecting the mental health of its students. Natasha Abrahart's parents are suing the university for negligence in an unprecedented case. She was one of 13 students whose suspected suicides, in the words of a pro-vice chancellor, "lit a fire under the institution" Mental health illnesses have rocketed six-fold in 5 years across universities in England and Wales.
 

 Focus of the Day Article: Immigration lawyers yesterday launched a free advice service to support Ukrainians wanting refuge in the UK in the wake of the Russian invasion. Simon Cox, a barrister specialising in immigration and public law at Doughty Street Chambers, said the project aimed to help Ukrainians wanting to stay in the UK or “reach the UK legally”. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

Tuesday

1st March - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Poland’s president is among those calling for Ukraine to be granted EU membership, as an estimated 200,000 refugees have crossed into Poland.  One couple at the border, originally from Morocco and living in Ukraine, told the BBC how they have spent over 24 hours on a train followed by a 70km walk to reach the border where refugees were separated into different queues, one for Ukrainians and one for non Ukrainians. The couple have now entered Poland.
 
 Focus of the Day Article: The UKHRB is grateful to Aileen McColgan QC for allowing us to republish her article, which originally appeared on Panoptican, a blog published by the barristers at 11KBW here. The central question for the Supreme Court in Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 was, as Lords Hamblen and Stephens put it (with Lord Reeds, Lloyd-Jones and Sales agreeing): “whether, in general, a person under criminal investigation has, prior to being charged, a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of information relating to that investigation”. The short answer was “yes”. Full story - UK HUman Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Supreme Court imposes ₹5k costs on petitioner who impleaded judge who granted bail, filed Article 32 petition against bail order | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9PppeGe2oN
  • Judge Rinder to release thriller based on pupil barrister - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TWzm7jHzNf
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine triggers global sanctions: what businesses need to know: Lawyers from McDermott outline the scope and applicability of the sanctions imposed by major jurisdictions across the world - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H8LJO15wqe 
  • The reigning Managing Partner of the Year on being true to one’s self - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/AFiJ53ifNX
  • UK media regulator Ofcom has launched 15 investigations into Russian state-backed news channel RT's coverage of the conflict in Ukraine https://t.co/8yIISE6IT6
  • Govt. hospital denying medical treatment citing place of residence impermissible: Punjab & Haryana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0SKe0tx5oK
  • Will City law firms join the Metaverse? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OfDwEAZ9H5
  • Mentoring 101 in the new normal - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WjnsBcrimK
  • Judge uses 'International Teddy Act 1908' to help child adopt his teddies - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NXt6Squ2sW
  • Delhi being turned into liquor capital: Ashwini Upadhyay approaches Delhi High Court for ban on alcohol, drugs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wc461owVIa
  • 5 ways to better market your law firm - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/44TJRg90Hp
  • From teacher to lawyer and the transferable skills I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CK5hTcxHTv
  • [Judicial infrastructure] Mere funds not enough; have been pursuing govt for statutory mechanism: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/zak9GMEaHR 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Strengthening legal value chains - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/78IrKmlZef
  • Lords criticise plans to remove UK citizenship without warning: Peers hit out at clause in nationality bill as threatening British values of ‘fair play and rule of law’ https://t.co/hbCUKvPD89
  • The UK government has joined with the US and the EU to announce new sanctions against Russia's central bank. It has banned British people and businesses from making transactions with the Russian central bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund https://t.co/9ouNaq7LIF
  • 14 law firms named on LGBTQ+ employer list - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U6W7l8pi0P
  • Strasbourg Court affirms the importance of anonymity online - Ruaridh Owens - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/6ri4ej3czD
  • Consider payment of tax as duty towards nation and not a compulsion: Justice MR Shah | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/UwC9cP6VkT
  • Google search results for law schools skyrocket after Kim K posts study snap - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HiMjAXN4FA
  • Watson Farley & Williams mourns death of Singapore office head: leading maritime lawyer remembered as a ‘superb lawyer who inspired great trust and loyalty’ - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pYm5SODXdZ 
  • The number of civilians killed during Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is rising by the day. By Sunday, Ukraine's human rights commissioner put the number of civilian victims alone at 210, including several children https://t.co/XLKKxh9DWH 
  • A life robbed in its infancy: The human impact of veteran suicide - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XcpV6dbj5Z
  • The EU has imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian planes, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced https://t.co/QZua4gZmYH
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Why curiosity is key - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/6PFzXzwtqV 
  • People who are settled in the UK will be able to bring their Ukrainian immediate family members to join them, the prime minister has announced https://t.co/L3TS5tklnT