Sunday

17th July - Law News

Edition 3855: 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: Freedom is a key right preserved and protected by most countries around the world, and in France, it is one of the central tenets of its very identity. But in recent years, the French government has been accused of restricting some of the freedoms it is meant to uphold. This episode of The Big Picture: France in Focus, examines how civil liberties, the rights protecting French people against state actions, are increasingly under threat. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Mr Justice Trower in the High Court has granted permission to serve court documents on unknown fraudsters via the transfer of a token on blockchain, in a legal first | NLJ https://t.co/fS4oUCrbO4
  • Employers urged to be mindful of workers rights ahead of heatwave | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oO0W0bj8U4 
  • Court blocks bid to issue 3,500 cases on just one claim form | Law Gazette https://t.co/GOECxiLfHX 
  • Cameron Wood, 25, from Hereford, said Transport for Wales staff told him it was the only space to sit due to the lack of available wheelchair bay https://t.co/KXKBpnZW1Q 
  • White former barristers occupy 95% of senior court judiciary roles, while progress has stalled for ethnic minority candidates and solicitors, the Judicial Diversity Forum has revealed in its statistics report for 2022 | NLJ https://t.co/8MtfuUf6Na
  • New law to reduce ‘unnecessary judicial reviews’ of planning decisions | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nfYAKCNmfg 
  • The Crown Court backlog has reduced by a mere 111 cases, from 58,386 in April 2022 to 58,275 in May 2022, the latest Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show | NLJ https://t.co/R8LND1p9LG 
  • Platform aims to help smaller law firms "democratise" group actions - Legal Futures https://t.co/wpAGQsA2bb 
  • Non-binary barrister: "Judges can be ignorant of gender neutral address" - Legal Futures https://t.co/pbFmVl49J8
  • Criminal barristers have entered their third week of strike action, downing tools from Monday to Thursday, and enduring uncomfortable temperatures to protest | NLJ https://t.co/Rv9TqNXs8C 
  • Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife, died of "blunt impact injuries" to the torso, the New York City medical examiner's office has said. It added that the death of the 73-year-old on Thursday was accidental #US https://t.co/viRZKObqJZ
  • New platform pledges to democratise access to group claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/f72mN6CfhZ
  • Alex White SC appointed to National Paediatric Hospital Development Board | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UteQdjwWaH
  • #Mexican drugs lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is on the US most wanted list, has been arrested in the western Sinaloa state, the Mexican Navy says. Quintero is accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a US drug enforcement agent in 1985 https://t.co/4MvKQpFfCc
  • UK legal services sector’s revenue dipped significantly last month, according to official figures, though one lawyer said the fall was unlikely to be the start of ‘a worrying new trend’. | Law Gazette https://t.co/FvBdSKhrpZ
  • The common-law partner of the gunman behind #Canada's worst mass shooting has said she feared for her life. Lisa Banfield, 53, testified before a joint federal and provincial inquiry looking into the April 2020 shooting https://t.co/xGHepoK5ii
  • Solicitor jailed in Germany for role in VAT carousel fraud struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/dAiK0EvBdX
  • The judiciary and Ministry of Justice intend to make it easier for judges to move from one practice area to another, ‘removing barriers that prevent judges with appropriate authorisation from hearing different types of cases’ | NLJ https://t.co/pEw54eFw5w
  • Met police officer sacked after punching handcuffed black child in the face: Steve Martin found guilty of gross misconduct after punching and verbally abusing 15-year-old boy https://t.co/5pcjcruoEG
  • A 25-year-old black man killed by Ohio police last month had 46 gunshot wounds or graze injuries on his body, an autopsy report has found. The medical examiner said it was impossible to know which bullet killed Jayland Walker #US https://t.co/MslhKmHTTL
  • Brian Wilkinson, who has died aged 93, was a lawyer and parliamentary legal draftsman who worked in this capacity around the world until 2010 https://t.co/3rqLVG4rZB
  • When will we see more black lawyers on the bench? | Law Gazette https://t.co/XqN2AUZxIR
  • The Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) is to be scrapped from 31 July because it ‘no longer… serves a useful purpose’, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has confirmed | NLJ https://t.co/dk8dQyNSyI
  • Barrister Eoin Delap appointed CEO of Irish Centre for European Law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KYGN0ncY8I
  • BSB highlights freedom of expression in social media guidance - Legal Futures https://t.co/DwiUCFPmLo
  • The Supreme Court handed down 56 judgments while the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council gave 34 judgments in 2021-22, according to their annual report and accounts | NLJ https://t.co/1UjUNi2qAz
  • Irish office helps to boost Simmons & Simmons revenue to €547m | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0bTHaKHwSX 
  • EU energy rationing can't be ruled out, Shell warns https://t.co/SM4IdSr0Se 
  • The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has a temporary team in charge until at least 5 September, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give way to a new leader | NLJ https://t.co/CzpU4p0Mv5

Saturday

16th July - Law News

Edition 3854: 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 Gujarat police (India) has opposed activist Teesta Setalvad's bail application while claiming that she was a part of a "larger conspiracy" by Congress veteran Ahmed Patel against then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Ms Setalvad is one of the two persons arrested by Ahmedabad crime branch recently on the charge of conspiring to falsely implicate people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • All to play for if Supreme Court takes indyref2 case: Nicola Sturgeon has made her grand gambit, presenting a draft bill to the Scottish Parliament to hold a referendum on Scottish independence on October 19, 2023 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yrM7VCrfx0 
  • British aid worker held by Russian-backed Ukraine separatists reported dead: Paul Urey, who was captured and accused of being a mercenary, has died, Donetsk official says https://t.co/2KxFZW3ChL
  • ‘Instruments of injustice’: Victoria’s highest court denounces state’s mandatory sentencing #Australia https://t.co/PI2sYgQfHe 
  • A number of schools are closing next week and others are ditching uniforms, as temperatures in parts of the UK are predicted to hit 40C (104F). A national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for Monday and Tuesday https://t.co/gmd7ffz1tm
  • Woman who had to adopt own child made legal parent - Sarah Osborne, who was in a same sex relationship, was refused permission to be named as a parent on the birth certificate after a Cambridge registrar said "there could only be one mother" https://t.co/GvHbBR4QxY
  • Everyone aged 50 and over will be offered a Covid booster vaccine this autumn to top up their immunity and cut their risk of becoming severely ill. Younger people at high risk from Covid, as well as health and social care staff, will also get the booster https://t.co/WjTCRBPxwg
  • New funds for charities that support LiPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3wSWd3ZRs
  • Simmons & Simmons’ PEP tops £1m | Law Gazette https://t.co/93UF5qugdo
  • High Court strikes out “fanciful” allegations against law firm and QC - Legal Futures https://t.co/LddG4rRnZ0
  • Allen & Overy posts 9% profit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/3dILNtyvtn
  • Almost 5,000 driving test booking accounts have been blocked after operators were found bulk booking slots and reselling them for profit https://t.co/YBeszggeaV
  • A mother who murdered her two-year-old son the day she was due at an access hearing has been jailed for life. Daniel Hodgson Green was found suffocated next to his mother at home in Guisborough, Teesside, in February https://t.co/ZTCPpleVLt
  • Judicial diversity - solicitor numbers continue to dwindle | Law Gazette https://t.co/bxGSUpxg8d 
  • Six men have been jailed for their parts in a raid at ex-footballer Ashley Cole's home and a £3.5m tiara heist. Cole and his partner Sharon Canu were bound by cable ties when they were robbed at their home in January 2020 https://t.co/OeJPPbOycI
  • One in 18 has Covid in the UK - the rate of admissions stood at just 17.9 per 100,000 people in the week ending July 10, and is slowly falling, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) https://t.co/RtSfHSiUr8
  • Life-support treatment for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee can end, a judge has ruled: Doctors at the Royal London Hospital said he was "brain stem dead" and it was in his best interests to stop treatment https://t.co/N6pAvLxBt1
  • Ex-Olympic hopeful solicitor: "Legal winners will be innovators" - Legal Futures https://t.co/cj2kXO7RDo
  • Slater and Gordon returns to London with new office opening | Law Gazette https://t.co/PFndWZGrcP 
  • On social mobility, aim for the ceiling | Law Gazette https://t.co/h58vrMIVn0 
  • BSB to probe if solicitors give clients choice when instructing barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/vuV1CQcwpO
  • Uber faces 550-passenger lawsuit over alleged rape and assault in #US - irm accused of failing to protect women from kidnap, false imprisonment and sexual battery https://t.co/vFkg38CSyg
  • Hundreds of thousands of unmarried women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption should receive a government apology, a report has said https://t.co/tQXcVCL14y 
  • The general secretary of the UK's biggest private sector union has warned of a 'summer of discontent' over pay. There could be hundreds of disputes involving tens of thousands of people if workers are made to "pay the price for inflation" https://t.co/USvrWyVpDk
  • Lawyers and other potential ‘enablers’ may be targeted with sanctions if they help designated individuals hide their assets from law enforcement, according to a ‘red alert’ issued this week | Law Gazette https://t.co/HH9wSVyuUs
  • Queen’s sweeping immunity from more than 160 laws - Monarch enjoys extraordinary exemptions under law – which extend to her private estates and even a royal fishing business https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/14/queen-immunity-british-laws-private-property 
  • Solicitor judge misappropriated £288,000 from law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/TiqCIDl2O6 
  • Christian Porter loses appeal against Jo Dyer in spinoff case to ABC defamation action #Australia https://t.co/hnfFtA8xUj
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMose1 
  • Clients given ‘no choice’ of barrister by solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/V6djYqPlt8 
  • Law firm mergers: What are the ingredients for success? - Legal Futures https://t.co/gGf94Ouv7X

Friday

15th July - Law News

Edition 3853: 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: When police used tear gas amid chaotic scenes outside the Champions League final in Paris in May, the French authorities were quick to blame Liverpool supporters. But now a report from the French Senate has said that initial judgement was used to "divert attention" from the failures of the organisers. The report was welcomed by the Liverpool fans' groups who called for a full apology from the French government.

Focus of the Day Article: UK law firm financial results tracker - How the top practices performed in a year characterised by record deal markets, salary wars and escalating geopolitical instability. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Alex Magaisa obituary: Lawyer and key adviser to Morgan Tsvangirai who helped draft #Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution https://t.co/vI5ABUeKk1
  • Steven Walker QC receives arbitral appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qMVyT5soH1
  • Students in St Andrews say landlords have tried to push them out of their rooms to make "a whole lot of money" out of visitors to The Open. 300,000 people visiting the town which normally has a population of 19,000 https://t.co/iHXWGKy0Zf
  • High Court permits service by NFT in ‘English legal first’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ma7IZb3mlz
  • Michael McLean qualifies as a solicitor advocate | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WJgnt6rZRB 
  • What a difference a decade makes: Knights growth story continues - Legal Futures https://t.co/O8OBfOwA9
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMG35
  • #Sudan woman faces death by stoning for adultery in first case for a decade https://t.co/DEKIXz3e3
  • Editorial: Not long for ‘not proven’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ot9pMzueXR
  • Backdating legal aid fee hike is legal - but it's a pyrrhic victory | Law Gazette https://t.co/3nhOoGgf
  • National firm Thrings has merged with Wye Valley-based Okells FrancisLaw in a move that brings together specialists in agriculture and private client law | Law Gazette https://t.co/qI73vvvG3I
  • CILEX calls in ex-LSB chief as it considers whether to change regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/l4jUgsreNV
  • 'Honoured and bemused': legal aid lawyers celebrated at annual LALYs | Law Gazette https://t.co/AQ0JCzZRE
  • Blackadders’ Stephen Connolly accredited as employment law specialist | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/drn1ZKAclY
  • Amber Heard has lost her attempt to have the verdict in her trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp thrown out because one juror served instead of his father, in a case of mistaken identity #US https://t.co/qIBwXse3i
  • Pinsent Masons elects Andrew Masraf as senior partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tXOXG1zdi
  • HSF posts record revenue, profits and PEP | Law Gazette https://t.co/i9DulijxK
  • LSB approves scrapping of Bar student aptitude test - Legal Futures https://t.co/5tidrXda9F
  • Belfast-based Thompson Crooks Solicitors promotes William Nugent to director | Irish Legal News https://t.co/d0pYnXWjuM
  • Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude https://t.co/OaslrmXcc
  • Baker McKenzie latest to announce Russian spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsMQytg1T
  • Boston Scientific to pay $105m to #Australian women who received pelvic mesh implants https://t.co/pfD4vUxUs8
  • Trouble for Trump as committee makes case Capitol attack was premeditated: Criminal prosecution appears increasingly likely as January 6 committee strengthens case against former president https://t.co/1tWl3H8sT
  • Commercial rent disputes projected to reach new low in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TAXKTIwAen
  • A solicitor who used money from a client’s estate to buy a house he then lived in has been struck off, with the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) saying the public would be “horrified” by his actions - Legal Futures https://t.co/OA8jVcZ5p
  • Broadcaster Jeremy Vine became visibly upset as he described the effects of allegedly being stalked by a former BBC radio presenter. Mr Vine said Alex Belfield became "fixated", repeatedly accusing him of stealing £1,000 of BBC money https://t.co/966JawIMTz

Thursday

14th July - Law News

Edition 3852: 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:  Last month, the international swimming governing body FINA effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women's competitions, sparking a heated debate, and a wave of other sporting bodies reviewing and changing their own policies. Could there be a way of balancing the science and fairness, and maintain inclusion so trans athletes are not discriminated against?

Focus of the Day Article: Most conveyancers have to raise a post-offer query with lenders, according to the findings of sector research to determine issues that are slowing down the home buying and selling process. As part of the Conveyancing Association’s annual lender survey, members were asked about post-offer queries and how the process could be sped up. A quarter of the 66 respondents said they usually had to raise a query with the lender, while 57% said they sometimes had to raise one. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • CILEX bodies in public spat over regulatory overhaul | Law Gazette https://t.co/5v5kX8wyzJ
  • A Premier League player arrested on suspicion of rape has not been suspended and can "fulfil his professional commitments including permitted travel", his club have said https://t.co/UjurQHoGbj
  • Plans for new internet safety laws that would've curbed free speech have been put on hold until a new prime minister is in place in the autumn https://t.co/IGkFv444fZ
  • RDJ hires people and culture director from Apple | Irish Legal News https://t.co/S53IAMPHKU
  • Judge lambasts ‘feral’ divorce proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/cEq1GjpWls
  • Litigation funder keen on taking more stakes in law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/zDMAqRWw1
  • DJ Tim Westwood is facing allegations from a woman who says they had sex several times starting when she was 14. She says Mr Westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a "predator" https://t.co/i2hN0peQo
  • No British military personnel are "above the law", Boris Johnson has said, amid calls for an inquiry into allegations of unlawful killings by the SAS in Afghanistan https://t.co/FQRtJTigYW 
  • A drunk driver travelled for 10 miles down the M4 with two tyres missing after a night out with friends. Despite being twice the limit and admitting to drink driving, Laurie Rosser, 42, blamed Covid for making his mind "cloudy" https://t.co/9GXMx694
  • Justice committee to hear evidence on drug decriminalisation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/89zEnUk0C
  • Knights shares rebound despite profits slide | Law Gazette https://t.co/066KGj3KcC
  • Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC condemns Philippines court over increased prison sentence for journalist Maria Ressa | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ggvl5Hptwb
  • Insurance and client capability are "main barriers" to unbundling - Legal Futures https://t.co/t4xCiYPKwW
  • Trafficking victims ‘fear being criminalised’ if they seek help - Charity workers hope Sir Mo Farah’s decision to reveal he was trafficked would encourage more victims to come forward https://t.co/yno9yw5nW0
  • NHS to miss out on recruiting thousands of nurses if BTecs are scrapped https://t.co/DQm0a05CKc
  • Solicitor-judge struck off for skimming £300,000 from employers | Law Gazette https://t.co/TC8CuQkNBe
  • Scotland “polarised” on single legal services regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/IO40kU7e5u 
  • Scottish referendum moves ‘premature’, says UK government https://t.co/9X5LaCYBMw
  • he government has a full set of justice ministers again with the appointment of Stuart Andrew MP as minister of state at the Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/LPvchtKEZc 
  • Emmanuel Macron ‘proud’ of supporting Uber’s lobbying drive in #France - French president vows to ‘do it again tomorrow’ after leaks he told Uber executives he had brokered secret ‘deal’https://t.co/zSiPyhreXZ
  • “Astonishing” revenue rise for top law firms in pandemic - Legal Futures https://t.co/dvWOgz2431
  • Big and small firms join cost of living bonus push | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kx8nWU4IkK
  • Four men have been arrested as part of an operation targeting the smuggling of migrants into the UK by lorry. The arrests were carried out by the National Crime Agency in coordinated raids in east and south-west London https://t.co/po27QQlXq
  • Giving teenagers mindfulness lessons at school to boost wellbeing is largely a waste of time, a major UK study has found. The technique was no better than what schools were already doing for mental health https://t.co/A4QPYZHT6A
  • Fast-track to a career in commercial mediation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mBFOdfAPoS
  • Racial diversity at risk if legal aid isn't properly funded | Law Gazette https://t.co/3vvApTsaN9 
  • Litigation funder keen on taking more stakes in law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/zDMAqRWw1V
  • Post-offer lender queries 'major drain' on conveyancing process | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y527qh9doL
  • Will a new PM mean a change for lawyers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/zf75umCTHs
  • Obvious evidence of child sex crimes in Telford was ignored for generations leading to more than 1,000 girls being abused, an inquiry has found. Agencies blamed children for the abuse they suffered, not the perpetrators https://t.co/GVBhOmCjyg
  • Hacker uploaded Ward Hadaway documents after injunction, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7cgzmn2nF

Wednesday

13th July - Law News

Edition 3851: 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: Hear from other solicitors and experts to get real life examples on new ways to better serve your clients, run your business more efficiently and bring new ideas to life.

Focus of the Day Article: A Court of Appeal ruling that the wording of a settlement of a personal injury claim supplanted fixed costs could have “significant” implications, including for cases that have already settled, a leading costs barrister has warned. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Community legal services turn clients away amid funding shortfall as family violence spikes https://t.co/Ge7Zyp54h0
  • Best of the blogs - 9 July 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/gpSdzAuZC
  • A SLAPP in the face – but is there a fundamental paradox? - Legal Futures https://t.co/yg2gXpo55Z
  • Australian subscription law firm opens to UK | Law Gazette https://t.co/NL0VVlQl2
  • Victoria’s move to restrict ‘silencing’ sexual harassment victims welcomed by unions and lawyers #Australia https://t.co/hKj1o5yE3c
  • Lord Chief Justice to take on overall responsibility for tribunals - Legal Futures https://t.co/72ANZNoEgg
  • Any fresh allegations about the behaviour of the SAS in Afghanistan will be investigated, armed forces minister James Heappey has said. "Nobody in our organisation, no matter how special, gets a bye on the law," he told MPs https://t.co/wexViNs4JH
  • My legal life: Suzanne Spears - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZSv4xGqmSm
  • Prisoners denied access to forensic evidence in bid to prove their innocence https://t.co/phqBTLbVMJ 
  • Braced for an answer on informed consent | Law Gazette https://t.co/7x9c5NoREw
  • The UK government has urged judges to dismiss the Scottish government's request: The latter has asked the Court to examine whether a referendum could be staged without formal consent from Westminster https://t.co/PTQN6i0YeU
  • ‘Sexual abuse is normalised’: Uganda struggles with #MeToo https://t.co/Gz68K8e0EZ
  • Court of Appeal rejects defendant’s fixed costs challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/uZUH1JaNtd 
  • What the liberal justices’ scorching dissent reveals about the #US supreme court https://t.co/1EzIUH4Vp2
  • Separating couples are increasingly asking to be represented by the same solicitor. Those involved believe this ‘one lawyer’ service could be the future – and not just for family law | Law Gazette https://t.co/xqr6yCyrxY
  • Speed limits in built-up areas look set to be reduced from 30mph to 20mph in Wales from next year - the lower speed limit will lower road collisions and traffic noise, and encourage people to walk and cycle https://t.co/DVVNyOxUW2
  • Brute SAS operatives in Afghanistan repeatedly killed detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances, newly obtained military reports suggest that one unit may have unlawfully killed 54 people in one six-month tour https://t.co/25HMikAjrh
  • Law firm's "extremely disquieting" failure to comply with court order - Legal Futures https://t.co/1GEoo0UoUG
  • Lawyer in the news: Johanna Walsh, Mishcon de Reya - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/6cH37HNT5Z
  • Can Elon Musk really walk away from $44bn Twitter takeover? https://t.co/F6ygH9xcx6
  • Belsner off until October after counsel catches Covid | Law Gazette https://t.co/4kDNEXGZy1 
  • "No claim is unmanageable": Court of Appeal reinstates huge group action - Legal Futures https://t.co/AV9EF55LE0 
  • Data watchdog reprimands government over pandemic WhatsApp use but nobody sacked https://t.co/T17ghCwT3N
  • Bar protesters stress diversity message | Law Gazette https://t.co/8eTelyzl6H
  • 15-year-old boy who stabbed a schoolgirl to death after a row over a Snapchat video has been sentenced for her murder. Ava White, 12, was killed in Liverpool city centre after a Christmas lights switch-on event in November 2021 https://t.co/tjhKFZgq0V
  • PI costs ruling could have "significant" impact on settled cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/RgOcuSHA09
  • Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed. The Olympic star was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti. His real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin https://t.co/nw6Bc1DAhD
  • Court support still threatened despite funding update | Law Gazette https://t.co/17Gv9z1eCi

Tuesday

12th July - Law News

Edition 3851: 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: In the late 1990s cases of HIV/Aids soared in South Africa. By 1998 almost 3 million people were infected, and Aids was the country’s leading cause of death. Yet anti-retroviral drugs were too expensive for all but the richest South Africans. Activists began a long campaign for the right to import and use cheaper versions of the vital drugs. 

Focus of the Day Article: With the current turmoil in Westminster, attention to the government’s proposed Bill of Rights Bill has temporarily fallen away. But whatever the leadership contest throws up, the debate still rages: do we repeal and replace the Human Rights Act 1998? Leave it in place, or update it? Dominic Raab’s Bill will probably have to wait a while for its second reading in the Commons; in the mean time, Rosalind English combs through its provisions with Andrew Warnock QC, whose practice at 1 Chancery Chambers involves many cases involving claims based on the European Convention of Human Rights and the 1998 Act. Listen to Episode 167 for an in-depth survey of the new Bill’s proposals. Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Cambridge University is holding a review after five students died in recent months. One of the deaths, which all happened between March and June, has been confirmed as a suicide, while four others are suspected suicides https://t.co/H5NllYeQP8
  • Bird & Bird gives trainees and staff £1,000 cost of living bonus - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P2WqiMkT7S
  • The NSW Attorney-General has appointed a new chief executive of Legal Aid NSW, who has over two decades of legal experience at the organisation - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/WQXgqRxWS4
  • Dentons retains 36 of 42 autumn qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/M2QOMGjfZo
  • Rajasthan High Court denies bail to Asaram Bapu in 2013 rape case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ozhZ9edm3
  • 10 things to know about mediation - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/cGhaNAfUd
  • Doctors treating a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life support dispute say he is "unresponsive" and will not recover, a court has heard https://t.co/AW8apBf8tl
  • Clifford Chance retains 42 of 50 autumn qualifying trainee solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3Ls910jQOY
  • MP found guilty of driving offences - Bridgend's Conservative MP, Jamie Wallis was also found guilty of leaving his car in a dangerous position, but cleared of driving without due care and attention https://t.co/XEahztOZI9
  • Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following an investigation into overseas assets believed to be worth more than £400m https://t.co/KCtTWy5QwQ
  • [Bhima Koregaon] Are prisoners entitled to make phone calls? Bombay High Court asks prison authorities in Gautam Navlakha's plea | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/LaTHGjNHV9
  • Law Pod UK latest: The 2022 Bill of Rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/lLfq3eHbSv 
  • How aspiring lawyers can make QWE work for them - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FkwVHNKL4C 
  • Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra not 'State' under Article 12: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/MQYWigMst7
  • What the Princess of Pop teaches us about Capacity - Belinda Cheney - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2f2GJ8WOp2
  • Leaked files reveal how Uber lobbied top ministers at undeclared meetings while fighting restrictions to its ride-hailing service in the UK. Documents show then-London mayor Boris Johnson was "the ultimate target" of the lobbying strategy https://t.co/HfIu7jcD5k
  • Shearman gives London staff, including trainees, option to work remotely for whole of August - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eTCUCuWtgN 
  • The non-negotiables for a successful new law firm - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/GbOyLlVpEx 
  • A woman has been stabbed in the back by a masked cyclist in the same area of east London where Zara Aleena was killed. The stabbing victim, 27, was hospitalised after the attack on St Johns Road, Ilford https://t.co/grQaeEretO
  • Chambers of senior lawyer with more than 25 years of standing in original and appellate side is hiring | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ipqWXksn8o
  • Kemi Badenoch brings culture war rhetoric to Tory leadership race https://t.co/JqnGHlUdHQ
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Compliance 101 in the modern marketplace - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/S35JOt8v1q
  • Breaxit: Cereals, food standards and child obesity - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/iwRdxkFEup
  • Should ex-magic circle man Raab become caretaker PM? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SELcpk8SFG 
  • Merely because sexual relationship did not culminate in marriage not sufficient to establish rape: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1wCaJ8f6Cb
  • Attorney General confirms Tory leadership bid as Boris prepares to quit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p9mnlJ6EN
  • Unpaid licence fee is an operational debt under IBC: Five-member Bench of NCLAT decides | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/oitCJ36wSE
  • Solicitor General Alex Chalk and ex-magic circle associate Bim Afolami MP become latest Tory lawyers to abandon Boris Johnson - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oBYAagMP0a
  • The Faroe Islands is to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals, after receiving widespread criticism over last year's cull, where more than 1,400 were killed. A review was ordered in February, in response to the outcry https://t.co/o2rGDVhWJ1

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: One of the richest people on the planet, says he's changed his mind about buying Twitter. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk says fake accounts could amount to a fifth of Twitter's users - four times more than he was initially told. The company denies this and says it will sue Musk to push through the deal. So, what's likely to happen next?
 
Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA’s) fining powers have been increased from £2,000 to £25,000 (a rise of 1,150%). Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • How Bored Apes are changing the law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SZi9q31Nq
  • Prosecutorial work involves not only the responsibility a practitioner has to clients, but sometimes also the expectations of the community - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/fdmMKB9FGX
  • Person belonging to another religion cannot be prevented entry in temple if he has faith in that Hindu deity: Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/zL2CaVmPda 
  • Lawyers ranked amongst the worst kissers in the UK - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ca3GWi5RI
  • #Australia Federal Court case demonstrates misapprehensions with contractors and super guarantees - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/5DZm9KFpy
  • The Weekly Round up: planned new Bill of Rights; fall in the success rate of JR claimants; Afghan judge applies for relocation to UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/TvikFRRU4S
  • Thousands of leaked files have exposed how Uber courted top politicians, and how far it went to avoid justice. They detail the extensive help Uber got from leaders such as Emmanuel Macron and ex-EU commissioner Neelie Kroes https://t.co/5Fr24ND5B
  • Top judge blasts 'creeping march of anonymity' in solicitor disciplinary rulings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5s5MQe5NUd
  • New Tory minister Lia Nici repeats Angela Rayner legs slur https://t.co/NGYUyvoPlA
  • Councillor Daniel Cook's claim that the Tories instructed him to hold off making an allegation about former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher was "categorically not true", the party claims https://t.co/uNNTxFQgZ
  • Formula 1 will investigate claims that some spectators at the Austrian Grand Prix suffered discriminatory abuse: unconfirmed reports from fan forum postings state a female spectator may have been abused too https://t.co/pfvjh8HsoN
  • Non-Binary Passports: R (on the application of Elan-Cane) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2021] UKSC 56 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/U8sJG1sTdc
  • Law firm owner charged with attempted murder | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZttwC6N0Ap
  • Hill Dickinson to offer TCs in the Toon - Legal Cheek https://t.co/21eyepkMTu
  • Court throws out attempt to have junior solicitor jailed | Law Gazette https://t.co/4Mc65l2Zoo
  • CMS boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MX04FEWgJi
  • Government plugs two justice resignation gaps | Law Gazette https://t.co/Jf0eBdzKIL
  • RPC records 100% autumn trainee retention rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eiOIzUNmB
  • Solicitor fined for allowing £68,000 deposit payment to fraudster | Law Gazette https://t.co/EGlkdZszcu
  • Central Bank to report on price walking ban within six months | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ml7WWdDtyF 
  • Magistrates court staff to vote on strike over Common Platform | Law Gazette https://t.co/69Ilm1k1XX
  • New solicitor advocates introduced | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o7FsNuqlQv
  • Updated sentencing guidelines to cover new driving offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/AgfBV4VAau
  • William Fry hires Colm Manning as corporate consultant | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zLBwymlPMy
  • Officials raised ‘flag’ over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs before he was appointed chancellor - HMRC alert raised as minister faces questions over offshore family trust that held shares worth £20m https://t.co/dz6ImRjneO
  • Number of people involved in UK competition class actions more than doubles in a year | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Kq5DDzpU1T
  • Akin Gump pushes NQ pay to £179,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/RqgfIdsy2C
  • Report on reform of legal services regulation in Scotland welcomed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/clZabIEBL1