Thursday

24th March - Law News

Edition 3740: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  An inquest into the arson murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children hears chilling details of her estranged husband Rowan Baxter including daily sexual demands, recorded phone calls and stalking through shopping centres.

Focus of the Day Article: Barristers will not be balloted on whether they are happy to accept the proposed £135m package of criminal legal aid reforms announced last week, the Criminal Bar Association has revealed. CBA chair Jo Sidhu QC said the government's response to Sir Christopher Bellamy's recommendations ‘betrays a wholesale failure to recognise the severity of the crisis currently engulfing our criminal justice system and the urgency needed to address that huge challenge’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • What if our critics are right? | Law Gazette https://t.co/heDLdGc35c 
  • Doubt over PM claim that P&O sackings may be illegal https://t.co/YlsKDo0t12
  • Murgitroyd appoints John Gillies as global people director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NcRDGnnfYk 
  • Fighting racial discrimination together | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGEUFBnFuw 
  • Alastair Fiddes to join Gilson Gray as chief financial officer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3pktE6a0X2 
  • MoJ shelves plans for further whiplash reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/N1rZWqt2TX
  • Repeal of Human Rights Act ‘particularly unwise’ in light of Ukraine invasion | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NLN6ML2bSz
  • Police officers in botched Rangers probe accused of perjury | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0CpKBBz9Tv
  • Barristers to press ahead with legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/k5KrsN58BR
  • 7 years ago, a man was fined for pretending to be a ghost in Portsmouth cemetery. Police spokesman said of witnesses complaining about Anthony Stallard 'throwing his arms in the air and saying woooooo' https://t.co/EY1VLMMyvn
  • Nearly two-thirds of new solicitors are women as gender gap widens - Legal Futures https://t.co/UsFwkxEsYA
  • Delhi Riots hate speech: Delhi High Court expresses displeasure at "delinquent approach" of lawyers | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qm2tj7XB4h
  • More funding for ombudsman despite failings | Law Gazette https://t.co/rF6vxwRAsK
  • What the metaverse means for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/stmat5iEqe 
  • ReganWall grows with appointment of solicitor Deirdre Potenz | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ReLfJGY5sU 
  • The head teacher of the school where a black pupil was strip-searched should resign, Hackney's mayor says. A safeguarding report found the search of the girl, 15, known as Child Q was unjustified and racism was "likely" to have been a factor https://t.co/Hfoj0KjGfh 
  • Search teams have found a black box from the #China Eastern flight which nosedived into mountains in southern China this week. Chinese aviation officials announced the finding at a press conference on Wednesday, after two days of searching https://t.co/Qh1UaVTFDB
  • A book that claimed to have solved the question of who betrayed Anne Frank has been recalled by its Dutch publisher. The investigating team unearthed a Jewish man called Arnold van den Bergh responsible for her and her family's arrests https://t.co/vmuPdSCKoK 
  • Suspended solicitor denied re-entry after nine years | Law Gazette https://t.co/EKlnB3C1i4 
  • Knights' share price dives after profits warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/dy1xvJMxmC 
  • A huge marble memorial featuring a solar-powered jukebox has been built in a city cemetery without permission. The memorial to William Collins, who died in Spain in 2020, is thought to have been erected about a week ago at Sheffield's Shiregreen Cemetery https://t.co/5IHoZtCcy8 
  • P&O Ferries has said 800 redundant staff will be offered £36.5m in total - with around 40 getting more than £100,000 each https://t.co/BAm8XHQSrI
  • The Law Society of Scotland has called on the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to focus more on its core role in handling legal complaints and go further in controlling its costs | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cNQX1GesxY 
  • Mishcon sued for up to £65m over collapsed property deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/d69ayBkUYQ 
  • “Core of dissatisfaction” with lawyers fuelling complaints to LeO - Legal Futures https://t.co/BER4P5PLwl
  • Lee Squires joins ByrneWallace as partner and head of indirect taxes | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vNVjC5jDyk 
  • Lack of transcripts 'prejudices employment hearings' | Law Gazette https://t.co/33sQcbImBi 
  • John Barilaro tells court he felt ‘broken’ after Friendlyjordies videos appeared on YouTube #Australia https://t.co/eHszBre8M2 
  • MoJ finally responds to part 2 of whiplash consultation - five years on - Legal Futures https://t.co/IcRsm28vuu
  • Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers - Ruling builds on recent judgments enhancing rights of reporters to access documents placed before court https://t.co/4SiiNPk7Vu 
  • Former actress Amanda Bynes has been released from her nine-year conservatorship by a judge in California. The one-time child star was placed under the legal guardianship - similar to that of Britney Spears - in 2013, while undergoing psychiatric care #US https://t.co/4JRcc73UgM 
  • Former MP can protect Birmingham bombings source | Law Gazette https://t.co/OOFRsa1hGR 
  • Spend a day with me in the eviction court, Mr Sunak, and you’ll understand the ‘cost of living’ https://t.co/PzmCCmCob9
  • Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a proclamation recognising runner-up Emma Weyant as the winner of the highest #US women's national college swimming title - an event she lost to transgender Lia Thomas https://t.co/eECFaMRXpa
  • Family members, friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Gemma Lodge, a senior associate at DLA Piper, and former Law Society social mobility champion who has died at a tragically early age | Law Gazette https://t.co/khPjJn9xw8

Wednesday

23rd March - Law News

Edition 3739: 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:  Relatives of the victims of the serial killer Stephen Port have long claimed that homophobia was a factor in the police failure to catch him sooner. Now, a report from the police watchdog seen exclusively by this programme reveals that "discrimination" and "bias" could have played a part in those failings. The Met have always claimed that a lack of "professional curiosity" was to blame - rather than any wider issues. But as Minnie Stephenson reports - the police watchdog is also concerned about systemic discrimination within the force against LGBTQ officers.

Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to encourage large law firms to start reporting their ethnicity pay gap alongside the requirement to publish their gender pay gap. The regulator also plans to introduce ‘exit questionnaires’ for solicitors leaving the profession to find out if there were diversity related reasons. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Let's make legal services truly autism-inclusive | Law Gazette https://t.co/B7X47o3BrZ 
  • Insurance specialists BLM and Clyde & Co to vote on merger | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aH3EPFRMmn 
  • Boris Johnson gets summaries of sensitive government material via WhatsApp despite major security risks https://t.co/Qh5CNDJDXz 
  • Diversity fears as NQs shun race disclosure | Law Gazette https://t.co/HtwsbpSfY1
  • UK asbestos maker withheld information on material’s risks, court papers show https://t.co/clGNfOGFG7 
  • Subpostmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal but missed out on full compensation are to get payouts under a new government scheme. The 555 workers won a landmark civil case https://t.co/sXKaGcypv9 
  • DWF announces tie-up with Portuguese firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/FmSYbQNs12 
  • Solicitor who misled court fails in appeal against strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/XK3UnSyVdd
  • MoJ sidesteps question on sanctioning City firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/r1YnHLl6y7 
  • P&O Ferries scandal must be turning point for workers’ rights, says TUC https://t.co/jB89VF8s1x 
  • Is media platform Nextdoor a friend in need or a vigilante nightmare? https://t.co/VajSRX8pfg 
  • Ex-City partner struck off for misleading court loses appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/beXfjh01G2 
  • Murgitroyd appoints John Gillies as global people director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NcRDGn5F6M 
  • Birmingham pub bombings: Chris Mullin allowed to keep source secret https://t.co/M8WnOo5SA4 
  • Tribunal refuses to allow return to practice for suspended solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/JxWo2RJ1uF
  • #Russia's most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been given nine years in a maximum security jail in a fraud case rejected by supporters as fabricated https://t.co/I8fu9mnpXL 
  • The Metropolitan Police's approach to tackling corruption within its ranks is "fundamentally flawed", an inspection by the police watchdog has concluded https://t.co/sqef5dccFv 
  • John Barilaro ‘considered self-harm’ after FriendlyJordies YouTube videos, court hears #Australia https://t.co/ACtD6Li6uk
  • Fighting racial discrimination together | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGEUFBnFuw
  • Vos: People with small claims want speed more than justice - Legal Futures https://t.co/YmPpVjAYVn 
  • A teenage girl riding an e-scooter has died following a crash with a van in east London. The rider, who police believe was 14 years old, was in collision with the vehicle on Green Street in Upton Park https://t.co/165bnqZLAa
  • A 17-month-old girl has died after being attacked by a dog in her home. The toddler died in hospital after the attack in Bidston Avenue, in the Blackbrook area of St Helens, at about 15:50 GMT on Monday https://t.co/VYKwvmIRC8 
  • Conveyancer on fixed fee had limited duties to client, court finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/z48G3tYEPf
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to defend #US constitution in opening remarks https://t.co/SoIi8ZOj5C 
  • SRA to urge big firms to report ethnicity pay gap - Legal Futures https://t.co/wFcQBME0ar
  • Rapist jailed for 17 years after attacking again while on bail: Charles Goodwin, 21, was under investigation when he raped and assaulted two women https://t.co/CMnOGWV3sY 
  • MoJ under pressure to widen scope of divorce reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/OwDl2lGdUc 
  • One in five London trainees paid less than recommended minimum | Law Gazette https://t.co/anXWbfLZky
  • From poor orphan to billionaire oligarch: how Abramovich made his money - Ascent to Chelsea owner was forged in transformation of Russia after fall of the iron curtain https://t.co/GYfl3oE769 
  • Government puts focus on SRA over solicitors handling SLAPPs - Legal Futures https://t.co/fjAWpJFRF8 
  • SCCRC refers case of woman who murdered newborn son to High Court of Justiciary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DyItNjo4XG

Tuesday

22nd March - Law News

Edition 3738: 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: Judgment has been given this morning by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the following case: Bott & Co Solicitors Ltd (Appellant) v Ryanair DAC (Respondent) – UKSC 2019/0054
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Focus of the Day Article: The European Response to Conflict in Ukraine: a Legal Analysis. Summarised on Law Pod UK. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Do not worry about dropping Russian clients - SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cw1wgfEu9q
  • Kim Kardashian's boyfriend Pete Davidson has a 'my girl is a lawyer' tattoo - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I4PzV1xyV1 
  • [Delhi Riots] Delhi court denies bail to Gulfisha, Tasleem Ahmed; rejects plea for parity with Pinjra Tod activists | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8EHlDsSmN9 
  • David Amess MP murder trial hears accused targeted Michael Gove - the MP for Southend West, was stabbed during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October https://t.co/Gkbu8xxuPL
  • Sidley to help fund less advantaged law students through university - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Rf2ULCmmDU
  • Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, agency rates for seafarers are ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ of 800 sacked British staff https://t.co/teWWQHUvje
  • Topshop and its owners have been found guilty of health and safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died when a queue barrier toppled on him. Kaden Reddick suffered a fatal head injury at the Reading store https://t.co/P18xpNC1J4 
  • The pitfalls of professional negligence claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/R64sqKJ4lY
  • Film production houses must set up ICC for sexual harassment; Political Parties need not: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ty0ILDiukA 
  • Bott urges solicitors to put all defendants on notice of equitable lien - Legal Futures https://t.co/m8tayNaQ29 
  • Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, agency rates for seafarers are ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ of 800 sacked British staff https://t.co/teWWQHV38M 
  • Boris Becker ‘played’ bankruptcy system, jury hears: Grand slam winner charged with 24 counts relating to concealing assets such as property, trophies and medals https://t.co/SOH8k3daEi 
  • UK approach to refugees is ‘deeply shameful’: Tory ministers plan to stick with law change that could see Ukrainians without correct visa jailed for four years https://t.co/Lts2sk0DYB
  • Topshop and its owners have been found guilty of health and safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died when a queue barrier toppled on him. Kaden Reddick suffered a fatal head injury at the Reading store https://t.co/P18xpNC1J4
  • The Metropolitan Police has sent out over 100 questionnaires as it continues to investigate parties that took place in Downing Street while Covid restrictions were in place https://t.co/OlOTh1YgmT
  • Legal aid reform: Criminal barristers vote overwhelmingly in favour of direct action - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yp38oAKhEZ
  • Vos: claims costs could be obsolete within 20 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/EzFhGaXYpW 
  • Filing simultaneous bail pleas in different Courts: Punjab & Haryana High Court issues guidelines to curb practice | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/J7rj0KK5pE 
  • Gibson Dunn tops London NQ lawyer pay table with 12% boost to £161,700 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MaXRnOxnXo
  • Suspension for prosecutor who accessed files about ex-wife's partner - Legal Futures https://t.co/PYLBVd3CEx
  • Smacking children in Wales becomes illegal https://t.co/RF24nQho7h 
  • Free-range eggs no longer available in UK due to bird flu https://t.co/DcKVedSG3P 
  • P&O faces legal action over ‘shocking disregard’ for employment law | Law Gazette https://t.co/VzWjDxx06
  • With price increases on everything from fuel to food making it increasingly tough for households to make ends meet, unlicensed lenders are stepping in, offering loans to the desperate at astronomical interest rates https://t.co/gLlci3kA5
  • Formal warning for judge who conducted hearing from his car - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WeyFODA35m
  • [UAPA] Magistrate cannot extend chargesheet deadline under Section 43D(2)(b) proviso: Supreme Court dismisses review petition | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qsEcEaOUFX
  • The mayor of London says the government has "failed to complete" any of the 12 recommendations directed at them during phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower inquiry https://t.co/urFjoI05wO 
  • Anger and grief as crowds rally to support Child Q https://t.co/h8gcOSVeN4
  • Morad Tahbaz. a British-US national detained in Iran now in hotel https://t.co/wB5mul8VAg
  • Partners from Clyde and BLM prepare to vote on merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/KDuJbsJtH6 
  • Not enough! Criminal bar responds to government's £135 million legal aid pledge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ksYbEr3hpB
  • Prepare laws now for future emergencies, MPs recommend | Law Gazette https://t.co/6jpUWNLCSN
  • Convicted drink-driver struck off after misleading firm about record | Law Gazette https://t.co/tDahXgKyOB
  • Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks response of State govt in plea challenging anti-begging law | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yhTQIeKlUh
  • Putin trial petition aims for 2 million signatures | Law Gazette https://t.co/7dEJ4W5uxv 
  • P&A Partner Shashank Manish joins Saraf and Partners | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lq6ayUwovB
  • Ukraine crisis exposes law firms "going too far" in clients' interests - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZIuPRZC8CG

Monday

21st March - Law News

Edition 3737: 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: Dean of Boston University School of Law, Angela Onwuachi-Willig explains what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to justice on the Supreme Court of the United States means to not only Black women, but all Americans

Focus of the Day Article:  Parliament was not given sufficient opportunity to scrutinise and amend emergency pandemic laws, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee published its report, ‘Coronavirus Act 2020 two years on’ this week, criticising the ‘take it or leave it’ nature of the sunset clause for six-monthly votes on the Act, where MPs were unable to object to individual elements of the legislation. It criticised the government for issuing guidance which overruled legislation. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Caste certificate and income certificate are different, can't be treated alike: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uWn3huVUC7
  • Vinson & Elkins ups NQ lawyer salaries in London to £159,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4XXvSFbaeR
  • More law firms exit Russia as Dentons and Bakers keep offices open - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oA3V5wYFQL
  • The ‘interesting shift’ in class actions over the last year - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/xH8SW8eiI0
  • A woman has been charged with murder after a body was found buried in a garden. The body was found in the garden of a house in Moore Street, Kingsley in Northampton, on Saturday https://t.co/tqna2nCSCa
  • Hundreds of protesters have marched through north London in support of a black pupil strip-searched at school after being wrongly suspected of carrying drugs https://t.co/YEn181exzo 
  • Anonymity: politics, polarisation and the public interest - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GfB7PW9dss 
  • 66-year-old Muslim woman moves Supreme Court challenging Karnataka High Court Hijab verdict | Bar & Bench #Indiahttps://www.barandbench.com/news/66-year-old-muslim-woman-moves-supreme-court-challenging-karnataka-high-court-hijab-verdict 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: ‘I feel I can bring value’ - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jYQ7M6A2zW 
  • 19-year-old Sabita Thanwani found dead in student accommodation in central London has been identified as police search for a man in connection with her death https://t.co/swmuYGIj05 
  • I have known my solicitor since 1962. Granted at the time he did not know he was my solicitor because this was in primary one at Paisley Grammar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zm3ZgwgAsD
  • Solicitor fined £20k after 'deplorable' sexual comments to paralegal in job interview - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8oNf92ayrT
  • Draft legislation allowing legal recognition of electronic trade documents has been published by the Law Commission | NLJ https://t.co/IBR48rzK8i 
  • 'Can I jump from a fairly standard regional firm to a high ranking City one?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tUDVDZxJ4N 
  • Worshippers at an Ontario, #Canada mosque have confronted and restrained a man who was allegedly wielding an axe and attacked them with bear spray https://t.co/36Ggt7Tbm2 
  • A British-US national temporarily released from prison in #Iran, is "shattered" to find himself back in jail after 48 hours, his family say https://t.co/uBznKM3rNd
  • A call for evidence on ways to tackle fraud has been issued by the House of Lords Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud | NLJ https://t.co/jBCyTY5Le2 
  • Browne Jacobson to ‘kick-start’ careers of aspiring black lawyers with new mentoring programme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JuUADqXXma 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Dirty money, religious education and victory for Everard campaigners - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4Ghx9k2P0T 
  • ICJ orders Russia to end attack on Ukraine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yqbZGjr6lP 
  • From magic circle lawyer to law school manager - and a spell as a US firm grad recruiter along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ipGpW0IuN8

Sunday

20th March - Law News

Edition 3736: 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: Activists in Nigeria have succeeded in keeping women’s rights and representation on the political agenda after parliament’s lower house reversed a decision to reject gender equality bills, amid vociferous protests in major cities including Abuja and Lagos.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, which aims to improve transparency of property ownership, set up a register for overseas entities and assist in uncovering potential criminal activity, received Royal Assent on 15 March | NLJ https://t.co/y0maKFPR
  • Latham & Watkins hires full-time mental health counsellors | Law Gazette https://t.co/ttTo8gjvPX
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Exiting abusive relationships - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4Ss03fWWk2
  • Following World Social Work Day, Slater and Gordon’s national social work service manager has stressed the importance of social work in a legal context - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/muQVzWfNZS 
  • The Charities Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 24 February―the culmination of the Law Commission's charity law project that commenced in 2014| NLJ https://t.co/qzR9aRj8oq
  • Peers have called on family law practitioners and family professionals to submit written evidence to the House of Lords Children and Families Act 2014 Committee | NLJ https://t.co/DNXam702qp
  • What the M&A market looked like in 2021 - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/tGdAJQWA8P 
  • Thorntons welcomes new trainees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Dg6B8P456T
  • Lawyers have confirmed their opposition to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 | NLJ https://t.co/XqYn0GR6U
  • 5 things non-law students should know to break into the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ndVKpetAXl
  • The European Response to Conflict in Ukraine: a Legal Analysis. Summarised on Law Pod UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2VA1poKI6b
  • Ministers have offered a rise of 15% (an extra £135m) in legal aid fees for criminal defence―the minimum recommended by Sir Christopher Bellamy’s Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid―but it may not be enough to avert strike action by barristers | NLJ https://t.co/XXyEo9Xz
  • Clifford Chance increases financial support for incoming trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JC7pu3mfak
  • ‘Many mistakes were made’: Kathleen Folbigg’s legal team calls on lawyers, A-G to resolve miscarriage of justice - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/mcDQI3dDY
  • PI firm keen to acquire despite lockdown profit hit | Law Gazette https://t.co/yQyKljQBep
  • Victory for claimants in Sarah Everard vigil case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Bialwb6RN0
  • A lesson from Bott v Ryanair? People just want a lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/LCcfThsr2v 
  • Courts condemn Home Office and CPS in two separate trafficking cases - Court of appeal’s rejection of the Home Office’s appeal a ‘landmark ruling’ for victims https://t.co/zxh4UZeken 
  • UN’s top court tells Russia to cease Ukraine conflict | Law Gazette https://t.co/rGSciLFP4L
  • Walter Merricks, who is bringing a pioneering ‘opt-out’ class action against Mastercard, has won the latest step in the mammoth litigation | NLJ https://t.co/QvMOQZBf1n
  • Bott & Co: Ryanair ruling allows law to ‘catch up’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1fIdqh6I0U
  • Proportion of remand prisoners who are minority ethnic rises 17% in six years https://t.co/7xnVkrDKgQ
  • Barrister fined for ‘mimicking and mocking’ opposing counsel | Law Gazette https://t.co/cd93gaMAT7
  • UK to clamp down on libel ‘lawfare’ by the rich in English courts - Claimants will have to prove malice, as government seeks to curb ‘Slapps’ that use wealth to deter scrutiny https://t.co/HZeRsMJtQV
  • Yoga studio and indoor gardens: Designs revealed for firm’s new HQ | Law Gazette https://t.co/WpZf88VfwX
  • Solicitor intercepted complaint about her work sent to firm's COLP - Legal Futures https://t.co/5WRWjrXAVk
  • ‘Panicked’ solicitor intercepted client’s complaint | Law Gazette https://t.co/fGteMcbs7
  • Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and who decides? #Russia https://t.co/ETP1NwG1z
  • Wales offers free rail travel for Ukrainian refugees https://t.co/rvcxKLcGDw
  • Firm to take champerty case to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/cxt7UbXiGK
  • Call for “robust plan” to tackle lawyer incompetence in high-risk areas - Legal Futures https://t.co/i3ov3j2kSl
  • Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens charged with four counts of indecent exposure https://t.co/bZrcc7WRGN 
  • Telegraph apologises for claim former Corbyn aide was ‘anti-Jewish racist’ - Laura Murray receives £40,000 damages for untrue comments made in piece by former Labour MP Ian Austin https://t.co/Scxr1zAy1
  • Crackdown on SLAPP suits could include new legal regulations | Law Gazette https://t.co/vI6aDNJ9sW 
  • Supreme Court backs solicitors over right to recover costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/6CbJLrX6sZ 
  • Judge condemns “clearest breach” of witness statement rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/IeGzVvalze 
  • All remaining Covid travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering the UK https://t.co/m0bOnFH9CU
  • #Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked "with immediate effect" by media regulator Ofcom https://t.co/PdR1CIeFNa

Saturday

19th March - Law News

Edition 3735: 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: Each year, the Bar Council’s international team organises the ‘International Rule of Law Lecture.’ The event aims to encourage awareness of the importance of the rule of law to all, particularly those in legal practice, stimulate debate and inspire lawyers, academics, judges and students to support the rule of law in their work.



Saturday Conversations on Law

Friday

18th March - Law News

Edition 3734: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: There are lots of different ways to learn and train for the new SQE assessments. Watch our free webinar to find out how the education and training market has developed since the SQE’s introduction last year.

Focus of the Day Article: Following the news that the UK government proposes increasing criminal legal aid funding by up to £135 million per year south of the border, the Law Society of Scotland has criticised the lack of progress on resolving the legal aid crisis in Scotland as one lawyer said the system can no longer be saved. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Northern Ireland launches first-ever adult restorative justice strategy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/V34kk2nvqc 
  • London lawyers intimidate journalists to protect oligarchs, MPs told | Law Gazette https://t.co/LSfeUWHUls 
  • Legal eagles: how climate litigation is shaping ambitious cases for nature https://t.co/9FxkPuCjue 
  • MoJ announced that over five million more people will be eligible for legal aid as a result of proposed means test reforms – however many will be unable to access it due to the dwindling number of providers, the Law Society has warned | Law Gazette https://t.co/JlLcQed37i 
  • Scottish average property prices rose by nearly 10 per cent in 2021 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hkuAryHOAC 
  • Measures to criminalise cyber-flashing and give a right to appeal against the removal of social media posts are among changes the government has proposed to its Online Harms Bill https://t.co/5jCQPASRoh
  • Far right ‘mimicking video games to lure middle class children to terrorism’. Met counter-terror chief says ‘relatively well-educated children’ being lured by content based on first-person shooter games https://t.co/YHOZb0Ottq
  • 80% of UK police accused of domestic abuse kept jobs, figures show. Experts and campaigners say data is further evidence of misogyny in ranks and poor leadership https://t.co/fT6GL2P5oM 
  • A Metropolitan Police officer accused of a string of sex offences has been charged with additional offences including rape. David Carrick, of Hertfordshire, has been charged with 12 further offences, bringing the total to 41 https://t.co/wAq2n5Sbxg 
  • The BBC has paid damages to the former private secretary of Diana, Princess of Wales, for the "harm caused to him" over Martin Bashir's Panorama interview https://t.co/NSIM4iNnHv 
  • Dechert’s London office hosted ‘cover story’ meetings, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/PVcIiSbMT3 
  • Stormont approves bill to strengthen law on sexual offences and trafficking | Irish Legal News https://t.co/znAsOXvcMT 
  • The BBC has paid damages to the former private secretary of Diana, Princess of Wales, for the "harm caused to him" over Martin Bashir's Panorama interview https://t.co/NSIM4ivMiV
  • A #Russian court has extended the detention of US basketball star Brittney Griner for another two months. The 31-year-old has been held in Moscow since February when customs officials allegedly found cannabis oil in her luggage https://t.co/gys8E8dy6z
  • P&O Ferries has sacked 800 staff immediately, but some crew are defying orders and refusing to leave their ships in protest. The firm said it was a "tough" decision but it would "not be a viable business" without the changes https://t.co/sinywi477m 
  • The male owner of a law firm who asked an interviewee whether she had a boyfriend and told her she was beautiful has been fined £20,000 by the tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/0LLvW9XS79 
  • Police strip-searched a 15-year-old black girl at school. When will these abuses end? | Diane Abbott https://t.co/Oi1X9tW7Um
  • Digital documents to be 'possessable' under proposed reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/l2U4sBedVl 
  • UK spies who allegedly passed questions to CIA torturers subject to English law, court rules https://t.co/Wg66Rtl7aA 
  • Music experts have given contrasting views over whether Ed Sheeran copied the work of another singer when he wrote his 2017 single Shape Of You. The star denies stealing the chorus of Sami Switch's Oh Why for the "oh I, oh I, oh I" hook of his hit song https://t.co/UJL22AG6q1
  • The government is to introduce its long-awaited, draconian, Online Safety Bill in Parliament on Thursday, intended to give voice to right-wing fascists under the guise of protecting the vulnerable https://t.co/5jCQPASRoh
  • P&O Ferries has paused its services "in preparation for a company announcement" later on Thursday. The ferry operator said it was not going into liquidation but all ferries had been instructed to stay in port https://t.co/sinywhMwfO 
  • More is expected of partners than ever before | Law Gazette https://t.co/h7KovoZu8v 
  • Legal aid strike action 'totally unwarranted' now - Raab | Law Gazette https://t.co/u8MAcJ5rbK 
  • How is a UK debt to Iran connected to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe? https://t.co/ym5i0bRGNA 
  • MoJ lays out plans to open up and improve criminal legal aid market - Legal Futures https://t.co/sUkDSDBaXG 
  • Shaping a legal aid system fit for the 21st century | Law Gazette https://t.co/h4kXkj787d 
  • The Saudi regime just executed 81 people – so why is Boris Johnson cosying up to it? https://t.co/bbhrDo0yD9 
  • Proposed reforms to residential tenancy eviction rules | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zenf81A4zo 
  • Extra £135m legal aid cash welcomed but threat of action remains | Law Gazette https://t.co/XZ6RVTFXaO 
  • Dominic Cummings accuses Boris Johnson of lying in Lebedev row https://t.co/qfPcBLguMA 
  • Listed funder bullish despite Covid-19 'disruption' | Law Gazette https://t.co/YaKKb7dOI0
  • Questionnaire to check chambers are cyber-secure | Law Gazette https://t.co/KP5PutF9Lm

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17th March - Law News

Edition 3733: 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: Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans have rallied outside the President's office, demanding that Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in recent memory.

Focus of the Day Article: A tool jointly developed with the Bar Council could help law firms assess information security at chambers they instruct, the Law Society has said. The standardised cyber questionnaire will be launched later this month amid warnings of new threats to information security. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The Guardian view on Dominic Raab’s courts plan: making a bad situation worse https://t.co/zopDJAIYUy
  • Supreme Court to rule on bypassing solicitors' fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/0j7FiAoRWT
  • British law firms help oligarchs avoid legitimate media scrutiny, MPs told https://t.co/7ZxhPMmovp 
  • Dentons decides to leave Russia | Law Gazette https://t.co/nOs5jzZ9TR
  • Ed Sheeran copyright trial: songwriter made ‘concerted plan’ - Former management for Sami Chokri allegedly made ‘huge effort’ to bring song Oh Why to singer’s notice, court hears https://t.co/p4oTgLl1O6
  • Lloyd's of London has fined a member firm £1m due to some male managers' heavy drinking, initiation games and sexual remarks about female staff. Atrium Underwriters admitted charges relating to bullying and misconduct during annual 'boys' nights out' https://t.co/1ACsrjx1sg
  • RSPCA start process of prosecuting West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma and his brother Yoan over cat video https://t.co/oYfwNZ6k0o
  • Baker McKenzie latest to sever ties with Russia | Law Gazette https://t.co/L7MOGCQAKa 
  • Child protection expert calls for State inquiry into illegal adoptions | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7SYusK8doo
  • The family of a British-Iranian man who is returning to the UK after being freed from Iran have said they are "delighted" by his release. Anoosheh Ashoori, a retired civil engineer, had been detained in Evin prison for almost five years https://t.co/wgj3jaVuu4 
  • PC Jonathon Cobban, 35, PC William Neville, 33, and former officer Joel Borders, 45 have denied sharing grossly offensive messages with Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens https://t.co/VTizGiMLrd
  • BT asks Court of Appeal to amend second-ever CPO | Law Gazette https://t.co/lbdZjS0NoN 
  • Faculty once again says ‘no’ to any increases in civil court fees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/51J1EalXhy 
  • Partner fined for AML and banking facility failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/eFNB9ZDRBT 
  • High Court: HSE failed to properly assess disabled children under Disability Act 2005 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xJGB3BXHSm 
  • Two different refugee experiences: one a 21 year old white Ukranian woman (cherished) and the other a 22 year old African (kicked by border guards). Source NY Times. "Oh tell me the truth about compassion?" https://t.co/kZIjTYzSrk 
  • Royal Society of Chemistry report says racism 'pervasive' https://t.co/p13Ln6AX9G 
  • Call for greater capture and sharing of “valuable” legal data - Legal Futures https://t.co/qL4TfTklY6 
  • Outdoor weddings legalised permanently in England and Wales https://t.co/Mcys9DbJrj 
  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on way home to UK from Iran https://t.co/7eNIgy6Mg4 
  • As the UK government prepares legislation, culture secretary criticises tech leaders who “decide who is silenced or cancelled” https://t.co/Zhn5SbwVs5 
  • We claim Britain is an ethical democracy - but oligarchs know that’s not true https://t.co/qYBD8vzaxM 
  • Raab agrees to inject £135m into criminal legal aid - Legal Futures https://t.co/P8JGTxEMU8 
  • Talks with Iran to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe are "moving forward" and "going right up to the wire", Boris Johnson has said https://t.co/sMeMUpZvXU 
  • Jim Cormack QC takes on global role at Pinsent Masons | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zuZrb3bbxo 
  • Silent sufferers – menopause has “negative impact” on barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/2GbnAQlSjj
  • Society welcomes economic crime measures | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y7LvanbCxA 
  • They are criminals and should be dealt with: Delhi High Court on police who beat up, forced man to sing National Anthem | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mmBCyoPONl 
  • Funder’s £2m pledge to kick off pay claims by footballers | Law Gazette https://t.co/BY22XUiiYT 
  • Criminal barristers vote for industrial action over legal aid funding https://t.co/tNn4f41u4F 
  • Local government report says SEND Tribunal losses are 'anyone’s fault but ours' | Law Gazette https://t.co/HIsgX5xvWs 
  • UK refugee scheme could lead to exploitation of Ukrainians, say experts: Promise of ‘light touch’ checks prompts fears traffickers could see arrival of mostly women and children as opportunity https://t.co/uBs1zDayh4 
  • Marina Ovsyannikova, #Russian dissenting journalist, tells of 14-hour interrogation https://t.co/2UHsr0ahpC 
  • Last-minute abortion hearing ‘deeply regrettable’, says judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/mxk5zEGqWX