Friday

5th August - Law News

Edition 3873: 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: America Is Failing Refugees, And Itself. Here's Why

Focus of the Day Article: After nearly a decade of prevarication, the solicitors' regulator has conceded that it should continue to provide cover for claims against retired solicitors once their six-year 'run-off' insurance has expired. A paper published 'for discussion' reveals that the Solicitors Regulation Authority is considering retaining the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund (SIF), the closure of which was first announced in 2013, 'with changes to reduce operating costs'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 

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Thursday

4th August - Law News

Edition 3872: 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 Chinese state-owned CCTV firm with one million cameras in the UK

Focus of the Day Article: A solicitor “duped” into paying over £1.2m in sale proceeds to third parties in what turned out to be property frauds has failed in his appeal against being struck off. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan ordered to pay damages to each other in defamation case #Australia https://t.co/rP1SzHyp6q
  • Former Met Police chief Dame Cressida Dick may have breached professional standards relating to the murder of a private detective. Daniel Morgan was found in the car park of the Golden Lion pub, south London, with an axe in his head in 1987 https://t.co/hMSQiequuV 
  • Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook school shooting was '100% real' - The parents of a child killed in the shooting are seeking at least $150m (£123m) in a defamation trial brought against the prominent radio host #US https://t.co/RuwN4i94Tk 
  • The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has refused an application from Archie Battersbee's parents to postpone the withdrawal of his life support https://t.co/D6nNEMOuxo
  • Solicitors could be jailed for new property register failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/QWaCkTw2gj
  • Litigation funding “explosion” driving class actions across Europe - Legal Futures https://t.co/0HKVfyLYvk 
  • Archie Battersbee: mother says life support to be removed at 11am Wednesday | The Guardian https://t.co/2x1q6FB50J
  • AG tells government lawyers to be more like those in private practice - Legal Futures https://t.co/9UcfIuxoIr
  • Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced from 12 August - The measure affects at least one million people, and rule-breakers could be hit with a £1,000 fine https://t.co/MXgypr6KGP
  • Third murder arrest over missing student nurse - Owami Davies, 24, left her family home in Grays, Essex, and was last seen in West Croydon on 7 July https://t.co/SKMtv7qDkW 
  • ‘Vexatious’ contempt bid against protest solicitor thrown out by judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/uLCDLBoRIi
  • "Uneconomic": NAH stops accepting tariff-only whiplash claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/NCwcxzkM0G
  • "Duped" solicitor fails in challenge to strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/wbRiS76mXS
  • Exam operator announces refunds for SQE fiasco | Law Gazette https://t.co/E1Hj4nZzLd
  • Barristers should avoid “supportive” comments after winning cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/p0UGgIEJ9j
  • High Court upholds ruling that $3m CFA is unforceable - Legal Futures https://t.co/CqZW4oVIjd 
  • Why law firms need to raise staff awareness of the menopause - Legal Futures https://t.co/TXN8c6hLla
  • Tenants whose bills are included in their rent could miss out on the government's £400 energy rebate because it is paid to their landlord, warn charities https://t.co/Yz37HZLbBs
  • England: Legal Ombudsman rubbished by public as wait times reach two years | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uE3uKrdiuQ
  • Judge throws out ‘frivolous’ case by UK puppy farm firm against lawyer https://t.co/kaYsd3KfTQ 
  • Solicitor ‘duped’ by fraudster clients loses appeal against ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/HTyiBQq61p
  • Soophia Khan’s strike out application refused by SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/nYhkr3FKwY 
  • High Court upholds ruling that $3m CFA is unforceable - Legal Futures https://t.co/CqZW4oE7rF 
  • Carole Packman murder: Parole dates given to paper before family https://t.co/XmvBLcI1RJ 
  • Tory leadership contest ballot papers delayed over security fears https://t.co/HbsMsyxV80
  • Cases like Archie Battersbee’s rely on complex ethical decisions. This is how they’re made https://t.co/ALSdN2Vt9X
  • Justin Welby ‘affirms validity’ of 1998 gay sex is sin declaration n https://t.co/MKJmWfICom 
  • Archie Battersbee: mother says life support to be removed at 11am Wednesday | The Guardian https://t.co/2x1q6FjtC9 
  • Gillespie Macandrew appoints legal heavyweight Michael Shaw as chair | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KnYUUryi1N
  • Dr Bitcoin awarded £1 after 'deliberately false' libel evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/S67U6CkZgA
  • Rapper Pa Salieu says he has been removed from the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony after failing a background check. He was convicted in March of possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon during a brawl which saw his friend stabbed to death https://t.co/cLNQ58BcRy 
  • Thousands of small firms go bust owing millions in bounce back Covid loans https://t.co/hGHlFx0ADB
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Wednesday

3rd August - Law News

Edition 3871: 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: Jackson Reffitt warned the FBI about his father, Guy Reffitt, before and after the January 6th Capitol insurrection.
 
Focus of the Day Article: The Weekly Round-up: Northern Ireland Protocol, public Parole Board hearings, and SLAPPs. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Charles Russell Speechlys’ PEP slips despite growth | Law Gazette https://t.co/nFUvH0Tp34
  • Litigation funding “explosion” driving class actions across Europe - Legal Futures https://t.co/0HKVfz3zmS
  • A man allegedly found with a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day has been charged under the Treason Act. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, has also been charged with threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon https://t.co/DXCxR61FLv
  • Jailed former Cooley associate banned from profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/zylIAKr7kH 
  • Barristers should avoid “supportive” comments after winning cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/p0UGgIn8hL
  • Bar protest 'biting harder' than government data suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/qhMhIQB2Jo 
  • Striking a better balance than Europe on SLAPPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/v3ZOTaMDP0
  • Cocaine sparked the death of entrepreneur and YouTube star Jamal Edwards, a coroner has concluded. An inquest was held at West London coroner's court into Edwards's death at the age of 31 in February https://t.co/GL5lv9fJ2z
  • An arrest warrant has been issued for the Manchester Arena bomber's brother. Ismail Abedi, 29, was convicted in his absence in July of failing to appear at the Manchester Arena Inquiry after being ordered to give evidence https://t.co/yMPqvrgohu 
  • Khan SDT hearing adjourned after last-minute application | Law Gazette https://t.co/C7CiWZGHbS 
  • Judge critical of Fieldfisher’s 'continued failure' causing trial delay | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qc9QXZncOT 
  • MoJ doubles lawtech spending for new phase | Law Gazette https://t.co/7QkhWbG4F4
  • City centre court shut down for urgent asbestos tests | Law Gazette https://t.co/og8tgDhjGE 
  • Make body-image warnings on retouched photos the law, MPs say https://t.co/vkQYzkawaE
  • Court criticises leading City firm for major e-disclosure failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/t7vB4859Fs 
  • Guy Reffitt: Capitol rioter turned in by son gets 87 months in prison #US https://t.co/zTmcrhweFf 
  • Make body-image warnings on retouched photos the law, MPs say https://t.co/vkQYzkawaE
  • Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed in #US drone strike https://t.co/Kn3Mt2Rfzx 
  • BCLP increases maintenance grants and vac scheme pay - also scraps grade requirements - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YxEcInUHc0
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Tuesday

2nd August - Law News

Edition 3870: 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: How will China respond if the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan this week, and could Taiwan be the next Ukraine if Xi Jinping decides to invade the country? 

Focus of the Day Article: ‘This must be stopped’: US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger. The justice department is seeking to block the $2.2bn merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. Full story - Guardian Law
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • BCLP increases maintenance grants and vac scheme pay - also scraps grade requirements - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YxEcInUHc0
  • The very human history of defamation from the Duke d’Orléans to Wagatha Christie - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YITqUAWKNR 
  • Kennedys continues US expansion w Aug 01, 2022
  • Bakers bumps TC numbers from 33 to 40 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RKQFq4FFyC 
  • Dentons hires veteran Dublin disputes lawyer from McCann FitzGerald - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vnEuYbz3ig
  • Shoosmiths and ULaw join forces to offer pro bono support to businesses and charities - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x2RBSz2AQA
  • Three British men accused of being mercenaries are to stand trial in a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine. John Harding, Dylan Healy, and Andrew Hill will be tried in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic https://t.co/nKwz1XXrbh 
  • Mortgage borrowing rules have been eased after the Bank of England scrapped an affordability test. The "stress test" forced lenders to calculate whether potential borrowers would be able to cope if interest rates climbed by up to 3% https://t.co/b3YG3doPKF 
  • Oligarchs using UK property to launder illegal wealth are being targeted by a new register which has come into force. Any anonymous foreign company seeking to buy UK land or property will need to reveal the true owners https://t.co/lg5jXzslAn 
  • Four teenagers should not have been jailed for eight years for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, a Labour MP says. The young men were convicted over social media messages discussing revenge attacks, sent three days after the death of a friend https://t.co/JW07qI4IGQ
  • A last-minute Court of Appeal hearing has ruled the withdrawal of life support for Archie Battersbee should not be postponed beyond Tuesday https://t.co/3bo2Y3RFqb
  • City pay war: Macfarlanes boosts NQ rates to £107.5k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kUBUKm67fc 
  • Ince CEO to step down as firm reveals 'financial difficulties' - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aWFI1gRhxG
  • Linklaters retains 47 of 51 NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ovHn9gNSAT
  • Waitrose has become the latest UK supermarket to scrap best before dates on hundreds of products in an attempt to tackle food waste. It will remove the dates from nearly 500 items of fresh food - including fruit and vegetables - from September https://t.co/2imwwfgXUn
  • Ince share price plunges over 50% following stock exchange announcement - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lQRxLst7D7
  • Allow TV full access to our courtrooms and justice will truly be seen to be done https://t.co/rIhpoEp64B
  • SNP proposal for national slavery apology blasted as the lowest form of 'virtue signalling' by the political right https://t.co/5hn3RXfvCC 
  • Court-appointed expert can be named in ‘parental alienation’ case https://t.co/oSfh0pqiI5
  • Wagatha Christie: big-budget drama joins race to bring libel trial to screen https://t.co/RLVLUlXTJf 
  • TikToking future magic circle trainee documents life as ‘British uni version of Elle Woods’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jZ1hVGq4pN
  • Braverman orders government lawyers to offer ‘solutions’ to legal challenges https://t.co/cd5KnbQ7o9 
  • Kaplan offers new SQE assessment dates after ‘IT issue’ forced cancellations - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JqDcRZWhtD 
  • Mortgage affordability test scrapped by Bank of England https://t.co/b3YG3doPKF
  • A court of appeal hearing will take place on Monday morning in the long-running legal battle over whether to turn off life support treatment for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee https://t.co/vb1mQMir45 
  • Freshfields partner profits push past £2 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Egftfb4Yfc 
  • Nadine Dorries’s ‘disturbing’ tweets on Sunak condemned by Tory MPs. Culture secretary’s post portraying Sunak wielding knife at Boris Johnson denounced in light of MPs’ murders https://t.co/3zxKM6WRMi
  • Top judges use Wikipedia, research shows - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JFHWDsDqNg
  • TV cameras to film in criminal courts for first time today - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3DWSvfzCdm
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Monday

1st August - Law News

Edition 3870: 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: Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have stormed parliament for the second time in a week. The protesters again breached the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad, as they oppose the nomination of a pro-Iran rival candidate for prime minister.

Focus of the Day Article: Courts are to be given greater powers to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), which are brought to stifle free speech by intimidating campaigners and journalists. Full story - New Law Journal
 

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Sunday

31st July - Law News

Edition 3869: 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: Undocumented migrants are once again at the centre of a political tussle in Italy. The interior ministry says more than 39,000 asylum seekers have arrived by boat this year, 10,000 more than the same period in 2021. Far-right politicians have seized on the situation ahead of the snap polls in September. Could this issue influence the vote's outcome? 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • SDT rejects restoration plea 21 years after strike off - Legal Futures https://t.co/yCTYgKBYa
  • Grubby and dated? Why ‘Wagatha Christie’ may be last libel case of its kind https://t.co/HEt5jou6TS
  • Scottish business sentiment still in the black despite growing pressures | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ow93MnS8n
  • Barrister compliance with transparency rules increases sharply - Legal Futures https://t.co/H0W3sGlsP
  • Fred Mackintosh QC calls to English bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pbfd3MqwDn
  • Court of Appeal warns of "perverse incentives" from litigation funding - Legal Futures https://t.co/PGwayamDu8
  • New category of personal property proposed for crypto law | Law Gazette https://t.co/s5ywkADlcz 
  • Courts are to be given greater powers to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), which are brought to stifle free speech by intimidating campaigners and journalists | NLJ https://t.co/S1j4CkdiND
  • Solicitors face fresh competence checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/QhQPABrQHS
  • Rebekah Vardy loses ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case against Coleen Rooney https://t.co/2aDYWM6SmS
  • The Law Commission has unveiled draft reforms to the law on digital assets such as crypto-tokens and cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) | NLJ https://t.co/FWQShSftO1
  • Withers and Freeths latest to award ‘cost of living’ payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/CLUFesqXWm
  • Carbon Law Partners’ employment law specialist, Matthew Huggett (pictured) has taken over as the 59th President of CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives), succeeding Caroline Jepson | NLJ https://t.co/w0YmCUkfqg
  • Supreme Court judge says online courts will come to Ireland faster than many believe | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qzOWtXJfi7
  • Blood scandal victims need quick payouts - lawyer https://t.co/160OZ5JgaK
  • Wikipedia articles influencing decision-making of Irish judges | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hz7oPnal8I 
  • Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life sentence https://t.co/2gOpHTY2mD 
  • One of the most talked about celebrity disputes has now come to an end. Rebekah Vardy has lost her defamation case against Coleen Rooney - the so-called Wagatha Christie libel trial https://t.co/Mc21E2JVbS 
  • A judge has found the Tory ruled council that owned Grenfell Tower is liable for the deaths of five residents who died in the fire. The judgement came in the High Court on Thursday https://t.co/1JPOpaTOuP 
  • The formidable legal Twitterati has come under the watchful eye of regulators concerned about the reputation of the profession | NLJ https://t.co/XlKg5DMl7a
  • Lord Trimble obituaries | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5MmXLvGNyk Lord Trimble obituaries | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5MmXLvGNyk 
  • A nine-year-old girl who died after being stabbed in a Lincolnshire street has been named by police. Lilia Valutyte was found on Fountain Lane in Boston on Thursday https://t.co/TDEL5VBetE 
  • Old Bailey sentencing remarks broadcast on TV for the first time | Law Gazette https://t.co/gtxXNudf8w
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Saturday

30th July - Law News

Edition 3868: 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 number of people who have died due to consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat, India, has crossed 50. Even though Gujarat is a dry state, liquor continues to be sold and purchased surreptitiously - if you have money then alcohol will be delivered at your doorstep.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Infected blood victims set for £400m in compensation https://t.co/ZkFN6vpN7X
  • "Trial by internet" - Judges turn to Wikipedia to aid reasoning - Legal Futures https://t.co/EY44O5qwc
  • Lady Gillian Kerr, the widow of Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, has passed away. Lord Kerr, a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland who became one of the first justices of the UK Supreme Court, died in 2020 https://t.co/nBH7AZ901T
  • Rebekah Vardy has lost her High Court libel battle with Coleen Rooney in the so-called Wagatha Christie trial https://t.co/N3mAq4lgbA
  • SRA’s £6m undertaking could save indemnity fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qs6rpdOYop
  • Helen Dixon to chair expanded Data Protection Commission | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QmWu7mauNY
  • Why crypto really is a new kind of 'thing' | Law Gazette https://t.co/iJRl5DFRoA
  • LSB tells regulators to get moving with ongoing competence reform - Legal Futures https://t.co/vsYs1STWPX
  • Snipped in solidarity: the American men getting vasectomies after Roe – while they can #US https://t.co/Ont95Zg1E7
  • PILA welcomes Emily Cunningham as new legal officer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mjMKJFxhx7 
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMose
  • Frederick Barclay could face jail over failed payments to ex-wife https://t.co/RmcEC3OAnQ
  • Denovo Legal Case Management Software announced as Scottish Legal Awards Finalists | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OXq4d3szPa
  • PILA welcomes Emily Cunningham as new legal officer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mjMKJFfG8x
  • Union's head of legal receives apology over picket line arrest - Legal Futures https://t.co/B8iGdghJlS
  • Spanish Gypsy groups call for protection after families flee racist mob: Killing of doorman in Andalucían town triggered rampage in which houses were burned and looted https://t.co/u8dlznfHb2
  • The rise of the legal resource manager – part 1 - Legal Futures https://t.co/1PdwHr0VXx 
  • Ultra conservative #US judge mocks world leaders over abortion ruling - Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the ruling, dismissed criticism from a host of prominent figures, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson https://t.co/pvB2PJsKnL
  • Cleaver Fulton Rankin grows dispute resolution team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4gTPWEsL1I 
  • Ince halves in value as ‘financial difficulties’ revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/XKBblaJAnA
  • Archie Battersbee’s parents fail in life support bid at supreme court https://t.co/haiQoEpQUG
  • SRA agrees to keep Solicitors Indemnity Fund alive with £6m undertaking - Legal Futures https://t.co/rM352lnr7C
  • ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial: verdict due in Vardy v Rooney libel case: Judge to release ruling in battle of footballers’ wives over Instagram leak allegation https://t.co/XiLfvpxgx9
  • A "very damaged man" has been jailed for killing his bedbound grandfather in a knife attack, in the first filmed sentencing in England and Wales. Ben Oliver, 25, stabbed his 74-year-old grandfather to death in Mottingham, south London, in January 2021 https://t.co/mBPWvaTDJY
  • Solemn sentencing is no circus as cameras enter English courts https://t.co/Qo3vRONOjX
  • Australian police are baffled after the bodies of two Saudi women, isters Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23 believed to have lain undiscovered for a month, were found in a Sydney apartment https://t.co/e4HmJyjknD
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