Thursday

7th July - Law News

Edition 3846: 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: Basfar (Respondent) v Wong (Appellant) [2022] - UKSC 2020/0155

Focus of the Day Article: A law firm has announced it will make a one-off payment to its lower earners to help with the cost of living. Bird & Bird in London will pay a one-off £1,000 bonus this month to all staff on an annual salary of less than £50,000.. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Amazon is under investigation in the UK over concerns that the company is giving an unfair advantage to certain sellers on its marketplace https://t.co/bRc2zvRW7
  • Richard Pugh: Engaging with young people to inspire future advocates | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RGlOo2L6O
  • Negligence case over 2013 property sale was not statute barred, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/k39OY0No5c
  • Three-way race for next Bar Council chairperson | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IGmRSKHUJf
  • I led the #US lawsuit against big tobacco for its harmful lies. Big oil is next https://t.co/8Ttwxw5Duj
  • Philip Lee appoints Finola Igoe as senior associate in construction team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b3Y6xhBOW
  • Firm hands staff £1,000 cost-of-living crisis bonus | Law Gazette https://t.co/EjLZmtbf1U
  • The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a Saudi diplomat cannot hide behind immunity to exploit workers, in a victory for campaigners against modern slavery https://t.co/vQxYZ9qwqJ
  • Promotions and new hires at Gibson Kerr | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sNfyPPtcKg
  • Good Law Project wins costs cap in PPE case | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vy9u9pBsjY
  • A woman who said people cannot change their biological sex was discriminated against by her employers, an employment tribunal has ruled. Tax expert Maya Forstater did not have her contract renewed after posting a series of tweets about gender and sex https://t.co/s124FOTSL9 
  • Three promotions to senior associate at Balfour and Manson | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fjee6nJ2ls J
  • Litigant in person can sue law centre and barrister for negligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/5r0AzLASZz
  • Freeman Johnson select PracticeEvolve to bring consistency to their business | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9Rpwz8B8UD
  • Ukraine Bar Association opens to foreign members | Law Gazette https://t.co/pboH8E7Zvt
  • Mariano Janin whose 14-year-old daughter killed herself is calling for parents to be able to access their children's social media after they die https://t.co/UsYaZtbKbe
  • Lady Hale warns of ‘dangers’ of British Bill of Rights in Belfast speech | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7XJVJ6JIp
  • Solicitors could escalate legal aid action next week | Law Gazette https://t.co/jaEJADqplV
  • Firm cleared of disability discrimination against senior support manager - Legal Futures https://t.co/kVryVzZKR
  • UK ‘backsliding on human rights’ – Council of Europe | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZdBDJEwP1q 
  • Bernard John Higgins, from Hemlington, was convicted at Teesside Magistrates' Court after confronting a youth allegedly responsible for causing trouble on the 65-year-old's estate https://t.co/4HtYOLNzva
  • Robert Crimo, who opened fire on a Fourth of July parade near Chicago has been charged with seven counts of murder, officials say #US https://t.co/XipEABXkFI 
  • Supplier of slurry tank damaged by landslip fails in attempt to have breach of contract action thrown out by prescription | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VAVpyGpwm2
  • My legal life: Michael Roberts, Hogan Lovells - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/IF18Ghecgo
  • Firm ordered to pay wasted costs over lack of authority to act - Legal Futures https://t.co/lLPzYxCxRC
  • Some aspects of overturning Roe v Wade for bars and lawyers | aw Gazette https://t.co/H6plP8gZs6 
  • Portsmouth’s £25m border post stands empty after minister’s imports U-turn: At least £450m of taxpayers’ money has been spent on facilities to handle post-Brexit checks, now delayed https://t.co/wrAeNVGmqC
  • SRA left with £20,000 bill after tribunal clears veteran solicitor of dishonesty | Law Gazette https://t.co/rXiNz5bySg
  • A doctor who killed a mother-of-three when he botched a procedure during a routine appointment has been jailed. Dr Isyaka Mamman, now thought to be 85, admitted gross negligence manslaughter over the death of Shahida Parveen https://t.co/xrU1Tt3PId

Wednesday

6th July - Law News

Edition 3845: 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: A quarter of parliamentary staff say they’ve witnessed someone being sexually harassed. 70% said they felt that if they reported inappropriate behaviour their careers would be harmed - and today parliamentary authorities admitted to us that there are barriers to speaking up

Focus of the Day Article: A rethought costs system that puts digitisation, vulnerable court users and a properly functioning civil justice system at its heart is the goal of a Civil Justice Council (CJC) working party, which yesterday began consulting on four key areas for possible reform. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Firm to pay wasted costs after ‘negligence’ in bringing case | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oxz2KLW7dP
  • The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and the Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, have resigned from Boris Johnson's government https://t.co/ME4K8foUky
  • Briton captured in Ukraine by Russians appeals against death sentence: iden Aslin, a marine in Ukrainian army, sentenced with UK citizen Shaun Pinner by proxy court in Donetsk https://t.co/SSWAnZbuoV
  • NQ salary war cools, but HSF increases pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/vBeGZ3vHmE
  • Parliament an unsafe workplace due to sexual misconduct by MPs, say unions - Political parties cannot be trusted to deal with misbehaviour by their own MPs, claim general secretaries https://t.co/Ytlctgbir6
  • ‘Size matters’: Clyde and BLM create biggest defendant practice | | Law Gazette https://t.co/53AAJ8YOvI
  • Twelve members of a religious group have been arrested over the death of an eight-year-old girl in #Australia. Elizabeth Struhs died on 7 January at a home south of Brisbane, after the type one diabetic was allegedly denied insulin for almost a week https://t.co/ZLIVlD4GBU
  • Dominic Raab accused of failing to address concerns of criminal barristers https://t.co/aumxqKUv3U
  • 'We're back': legal aid lawyers begin second week of strikes | Law Gazette https://t.co/4ayMOiuyq8
  • Firm cleared of disability discrimination against senior support manager - Legal Futures https://t.co/kVryVzZKRw
  • Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios is set to appear in court in Australia next month in relation to an allegation of common assault - "in the context of a domestic relationship" https://t.co/QcVKn1mSra
  • How the #US Supreme Court is reshaping America https://t.co/wNuo8cxNVM
  • Strike data collection caused ‘immediate distress’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/oj6IdiZHVr 
  • Climate protesters glue themselves to National Gallery artwork - Campaigners from Just Stop Oil pressure group reimagine The Hay Wain by John Constable https://t.co/4Vw1ahxYVy
  • #US police have arrested a suspect after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Robert E Crimo III, 22, was detained after a brief chase, police said https://t.co/4ZM9Mj3QZS
  • Dechert’s former head of white-collar crime Neil Gerrard was involved in ‘the most grotesque perjury’ – representing ‘in all likelihood the most serious fraud on the court in English legal history’, the High Court has heard | Law Gazette https://t.co/l0pKZkGjeR
  • Why the legal profession should lead the way for women and families who have had miscarriages | Law Gazette https://t.co/fnh9hFPiNA
  • A litigant in person is not statute-barred from suing a law centre and barrister for professional negligence, a High Court master has ruled - Legal Futures https://t.co/5r0AzLji81
  • For civil rights groups, Roe v Wade is reminder of supreme court’s limits #US https://t.co/Ot6D2z7pG1
  • Being a relative does not give right to touch a girl's body without consent: Mumbai court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Vwkwe1gYLz
  • Senior Council of Europe official urges UK not to repeal Human Rights Act - Council’s commissioner for human rights says replacing act with British bill of rights would send ‘wrong signal’ https://t.co/DPLKNH2KdP
  • Firm ordered to pay wasted costs over lack of authority to act - Legal Futures https://t.co/lLPzYxkWt2
  • Colston Four - AG accused of subverting jury system | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/Drj9BaZpjS
  • Hotels, restaurants cannot add service charge automatically or by default in food bill: Central Consumer Protection Authority | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/b8e5uKxVtH
  • Manchester MP to write to minister over ‘guilty by association’ verdicts https://t.co/FsD9TIHAK
  • Microsoft 365’s dirty little secret: It is not responsible for backing up the data you share and manage across its various services - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ohc4AFmtoZ
  • Bookseller of Kabul becomes asylum seeker in London: Shah Muhammad Rais survived decades of misrule in Afghanistan but finally fled to escape the Taliban https://t.co/8fl50XxqxG 
  • Some cinemas have banned young people wearing suits from screenings of Minions: The Rise of Gru over rowdy behaviour fuelled by a TikTok trend. Teenagers have been accused of making noise and throwing things during screenings https://t.co/wC7SfZeTpd
  • Courts should be sensitive when poor and deprived knock at its doors: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Y6arblKTlw

Tuesday

5th July - Law News

Edition 3844: 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: Hastings (Appellant) v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and another (Respondents) (Scotland [2022] – UKSC 19 

Focus of the Day Article: In R (Gorani) v HM Assistant Coroner for Inner West London [2022] EWHC1593 (QB), a Divisional Court comprising Macur LJ and Garnham J rejected on all grounds a wide-ranging challenge to the conduct of in inquest into a suicide. Of particular interest were the Court’s observations on the effect of a finding that the investigative duty under article 2, ECHR was engaged, and their clarification that a coroner does not need to hear submissions before refusing to make a ‘preventing future deaths’ report. That said, it is a broad and interesting judgment and deserves reading in full by those with an interest in coronial law. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Has a robot really just hired a lawyer? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wWFDj3VKfg
  • ‘The property market is disgraceful’: why bosses are renting homes to staff - Some bosses are taking action amid claims sites such as Airbnb are pricing workers out of housing https://t.co/1UyFJY0j20 
  • Squires to give 75% of internships and work experience places to disadvantaged students as part of new ESG strategy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/00lpRWTEoU 
  • A Premier League and international footballer has been arrested in north London on suspicion of rape. The 29-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was taken into custody on Monday morning where he remains https://t.co/X3s3H5hpf9
  • The government has said it wants all new public buildings in England to have separate male and female toilets. Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch stated it was "vital that women feel safe" and "that their needs are respected" https://t.co/9hQ4ok4iJd
  • Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new Welsh government plans. A new licensing scheme for people who want to operate short-term holiday lets, such as Airbnb, is also planned https://t.co/MeAWLI6fUG
  • India needs stronger enforcement of copyright and IP laws to reduce piracy and counterfeiting | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fTItr6jWRp
  • US firm Sidley latest to up LPC and GDL maintenance grants for future London trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mmzF9N6Xqv 
  • A court in India has sent to prison a man who was found guilty of posing as the son of a wealthy landlord for 41 years https://t.co/OgiKoABrGE
  • Two serving soldiers sold hundreds of rounds of live ammunition for cash to an undercover police officer posing as a criminal, a court has heard https://t.co/RMGBuUH4vm
  • Protégé: How to spearhead wellness initiatives at your workplace - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ngtMgsDKnN
  • Anonymous criminal barrister posts breakdown of entire year's earnings on Twitter - less than £20,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/w0BCRjj1jd
  • Rape survivor moves Supreme Court challenging anticipatory bail granted to accused-actor Vijay Babu by Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/AvcmrOgcs3
  • The BBC has revealed that a complaint against former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood had previously been referred to police. The complaint is one of six the corporation now says it received about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by Westwood https://t.co/Q7pIhzPahP 
  • More than a dozen arrested after demonstrators targeted motorways in England, Wales and Scotland over high fuel prices. The go-slow action is targeting three-lane motorways with convoys of vehicles crawling along two lanes - leaving the outside lane free https://t.co/XKkq3NZeRh
  • Why law students should ‘explore their passions’ and ‘keep an open mind’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yrQIZ8wbRa 
  • Criminal cases in courts across England and Wales face disruption for a second week as barristers pledge to extend their strike action into August. Rallies have taken outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, plus Liverpool & Birmingham Crown Courts https://t.co/aWkWI2LBVc
  • Fines for UK lawyers to increase by up to 1,150% - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/AVUCIWQPVt 
  • #US police have released video of a chase in Akron, Ohio, which ended in a black man being shot dead, hit more than 60 times by pursuing officers https://t.co/VKUYevOKwT
  • Don’t get 'super sh*tfaced' at socials and don’t ask lawyers about working hours: Reddit users list their top vac scheme ‘pitfalls’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Duw4Vn5KXJ
  • Mob-style killings shock #Netherlands into fighting descent into ‘narco state’ - Murders, corruption and ‘Mocro Maffia’ prompt Dutch to set up war chest to tackle wave of organised crime sweeping nation https://t.co/oVp7yhpIG
  • In India, political parties wrongly believe judiciary should endorse their actions, advance their political cause: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1Gc1qNKaFs
  • Freshfields keeps 32 of 36 autumn NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3Lx9hFg5hz 
  • The week the supreme court reshaped America: ‘We’re being hurled back decades’ #US https://t.co/5AuB8nP7G
  • BPP to offer paid qualifying work experience - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uO09CSeCQZ
  • Navigating the first year of partnership - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dTLAGfDdBZ
  • The tide is finally turning in Italy in favour of protecting women in the sex trade https://t.co/RKjjHwsIno
  • A round-up of the best pet pooches from Slaughter and May's ‘Bring your Dog to Work Day’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1lOZunp6vX 
  • The British Army says it is investigating after its Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked. Videos on cryptocurrency using images of billionaire businessman Elon Musk appeared on the YouTube channel https://t.co/S5SzNbZr8Q 
  • Rajasthan High Court directs Excise Officer to expeditiously decide plea for release of 1,500 boxes of BIRA Beer seized by Police | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/z2Km1PQNha
  • A group of 67 MPs and Lords have called on the government to ban the sale and use of Hikvision and Dahua surveillance equipment in the UK. Supporters range across the parties and include Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and four ex-Conservative ministers https://t.co/d9ExuniyBg
  • London lawyers refuse legal aid jobs in dispute over fees: Cases rejected include assaults on health workers and harrassment offences https://t.co/PdXx1Ut38K
  • [BREAKING] Delhi Court denies bail to Mohammed Zubair, sends him to 14-day judicial custody | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8bXefY4iKD
  • Pups, legal celebs and stylish merch: The London Legal Walk in photos - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Lyb4rjdhj4
  • A terminally ill #Russian physicist who was arrested in Siberia on suspicion of treason has died in custody after being flown to Moscow. FSB officers took Dmitry Kolker, 54, from his hospital bed in Novosibirsk on 30 June. He had pancreatic cancer https://t.co/wAh0mR99zC 
  • Police in Londonderry attacked with petrol bombs while dealing with a security alert which has since been declared a "shameful hoax". Masonry, bottles and other items were also thrown at officers in what police called a "sustained and senseless attack" https://t.co/LG3UY2iPHt
  • The Nigerian gas deal, the Irish impresario and the £8bn ruling amid claims of bribery #Nigeria https://t.co/aar6Dgbo5o

Monday

4th July - Law News

Edition 3842: 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 Taliban are preparing to hold their first big gathering since seizing power in Afghanistan. No women have been invited to the event. The Taliban's deputy prime minister said women would be represented by the men attending. The meeting involves more than 3,000 Muslim scholars and tribal leaders from across the country.

Focus of the Day Article: Giving evidence to the House of Lords Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Select Committee last week, Hill recommended the government consider court powers to reimburse victims with any additional funds that are recovered. Currently, a Confiscation Order identifies the amount a criminal financially benefited from their crime and orders repayment. If the criminal is later found to have additional money and assets, the Confiscation Order can be increased. Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Mickey Mouse could soon leave Disney as 95-year copyright expiry nears: The beloved character was created in 1928 and the cartoon is widely regarded as a pioneer in animation https://t.co/09p4cBvk0R 
  • Women accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths https://t.co/aYXBBurErK 
  • What is commercial awareness and how do you show law firms you’ve got it? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5EWPBNaI0L
  • AZB Partner Pranav Atit leaves for Trilegal | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/q24BdPQDvL
  • UK Home Office plans second flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Flight could take off within weeks and before court has ruled on whether scheme is lawful https://t.co/O6eG1HoeI9
  • Police in #Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the south-western state of Ondo. Some of them are believed to have been there for months https://t.co/Db1Xp9hXZp
  • Human traffickers ‘using UK universities as cover: overseas students have vanished from courses and then been found working in exploitative conditions https://t.co/BMdYzD0WTe
  • SRA warns public over fake Dechert Instagram account - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x3DqPOHKc9 
  • A police investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Glasgow MP Patrick Grady has been dropped. Mr Grady stood away from his SNP membership after newspapers reported officers would be examining claims against him https://t.co/UGcNi3r2eQ
  • Several people have been shot in a shopping centre in the #Danish capital Copenhagen, police say. Armed officers were sent to the Field's mall, in the south of the city. It is not clear how many people may have been killed or wounded https://t.co/98gTkftwTj
  • What federal election legal work looks like - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ZmwFlVn9JZ
  • A&O opts against NQ lawyer pay rises citing 'challenging' economic conditions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FfYdEyEKM7 
  • Gender pay gap persists for NSW solicitors, despite women outnumbering men - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Gy4HbLcITN 
  • The Weekly Round-up: the Bill of Rights, Roe v Wade and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/j6I2OEyMlj 
  • Top commercial chambers join forces to launch new social mobility mentoring scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gotlCVUFWd
  • Civil Justice Council kicks off 'holistic' review of costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/wCzW00Ivwi 
  • High Court gives guidance on scope of article 2 inquests - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5W5NtgNsyk
  • Clydes and BLM tie-up goes live - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iwinB50wbF
  • Claimant loses £49k damages as High Court overturns ‘injustice’ finding | Law Gazette https://t.co/VOa7w1jsJy
  • The changing legal landscape: How will it affect aspiring lawyers? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YtUQvlKEF6
  • MoR may be on brink of ‘destroying our civil justice ecosystem’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/rPYlJEV94g 
  • Three police officers have been shot dead in the #US state of Kentucky while trying to serve a warrant on a man accused of domestic violence. Police took the 49-year-old suspect into custody after the shooting https://t.co/1jgB96fQ3Y 
  • Six new claims of inappropriate behaviour by former Conservative deputy chief whip Chris Pincher have emerged, days after he was suspended from the party for allegedly groping two men https://t.co/epKAjvcfXc
  • Philip Lee appoints Finola Igoe as senior associate in construction team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b3Y6xhTpNS
  • Solicitor suspended over supercar failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/YVJ3ADm9uc 
  • Food delivery drivers fired after ‘cut-price’ GPS app sent them on ‘impossible’ routes | Couriers/delivery industry https://t.co/6Wy9RRWdlV 
  • Barrister appointed to Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3GTkECoQK0
  • HSF ups NQ lawyer base pay to £120k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wCmHYPhLle 
  • Clarilis and FromCounsel team up with Arthur Cox LLP to provide an automated M&A suite for the Irish market | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oPmKu5EnrJ 
  • Exclusive: We won't 'rush' to increase NQ pay, Linklaters tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7tGb08zq5A 
  • The suspected driver of a lorry where 53 migrants died from heat in Texas did not know that the air conditioner had stopped working, an informant says #US https://t.co/jLXUOb4OTA
  • New commissioning editors - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tWJyLnBWDN 
  • Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw says she was raped and sexually assaulted by three different men involved in Dutch football https://t.co/P8BiqG4jux

Sunday

3rd July - Law News

Edition 3841: 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: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and resultant sanctions on President Putin’s oligarch elite, a spotlight has been firmly cast on the British capital and its complicity as a store for dirty money. Now, the British government is seeking to salvage its reputation with a clampdown on corruption. But will it be successful? And just how will London fare without its fix of forbidden finance?

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Barristers owed average of €27,000 by solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oqDYeB4cpd
  • Anthony Albanese raises case of jailed #Australian engineer Robert Pether with Iraqi PM https://t.co/bJF927Cde
  • Adoption Authority opens applications for contact preference register | Irish Legal News https://t.co/o4cuIAopL0
  • A team of experts from York, Cardiff and Lancaster universities has been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to investigate the over-representation of solicitors from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds https://t.co/x36AAJMCOU
  • Ten Irish barristers have been appointed to the European Commission’s panels of arbitrators and trade and sustainable development experts (TSD) | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7dzr244p9
  • Firm shuts citing ‘unmanageable’ rises in PII costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/edYagyG4Fz
  • Moveable Transactions Bill to be scrutinised at Holyrood | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0xsPRCJOVJ
  • The for-profit unregulated legal services sector may account for up to 9% of the market for individuals and 39% of the market for SMEs, researchers have found | NLJ https://t.co/70F03tLxr6
  • The Criminal Bar Association instructs Mishcon de Reya and specialist leading counsel, on a pro bono basis, to consider whether the Ministry of Justice's activities in response to its Days of Action amounts to unlawful processing of personal data https://t.co/ytS9KKqgjV
  • Hundreds of people have gathered for a vigil dedicated to Zara Aleena, 35-year-old law graduate, who was killed as she walked home from a night out https://t.co/hStvS7D3PC
  • Innes Clark: Timely reminder of risk of bypassing collective bargaining procedures | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TZAX7WQ1nF 
  • Anthony Albanese raises case of jailed #Australian engineer Robert Pether with Iraqi PM https://t.co/bJF927Cden
  • A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/p0J2Z9CHCh
  • Bereaved then evicted by in-laws: #Kenya’s widows fight disinheritance https://t.co/tSSw3hJyNG 
  • Will invalidated after solicitor failed to check "delusional" client's capacity - Legal Futures https://t.co/HkLPdQJAFP
  • More money could be returned to victims of crime, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Max Hill QC has told Peers | NLJ https://t.co/RF2Q2zoKy0
  • Take advantage of upfront information reform, conveyancers urged - Legal Futures https://t.co/Npig2VqwGD
  • Abortion: UK women face protests by emboldened bigots who don't care about children after birth, but are focused on controlling women's wombs https://t.co/8L0tJTMwu9
  • Special paid leave for Covid-related sickness and isolation will be scrapped next week for NHS staff in England, it has been announced. From 7 July staff will revert to normal contractual sick pay arrangements https://t.co/4uhzewK1YP 
  • Two more Britons captured by #Russian forces in Ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to Russian state media. Dylan Healy, a chef who was volunteering as an aid worker, had been captured at a checkpoint in April https://t.co/kszTKhbbKE
  • A National Deprivation of Liberty court (DoLs) is due to be launched next week, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has said| NLJ https://t.co/L59FYmUJ8U
  • CJC begins process for major reform of costs regime - Legal Futures https://t.co/FXc6GHPU5a 
  • The Gazette has recently announced that they will be reaching out to probate practitioners to offer a free deceased estates notice placement guide, which can be passed on to clients | NLJ https://t.co/fU1kk4ofvE
  • #US president Joe Biden has said that women travelling for abortions will be protected by the federal government https://t.co/C32ehqqo3i 
  • Palestinian Authority routinely tortures detainees, says rights group: Human Rights Watch calls for donors to cut off funding to security forces and urges international court to investigate https://t.co/mVBdmNPZyd
  • Chris Pincher suspended as Tory MP after groping allegation https://t.co/bxMlo409DK
  • Two Met Police officers have been sacked for making "abhorrent" comments in a group chat, including a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex https://t.co/yNz5wXdeLg

Saturday

2nd July - Law News

Edition 3840: 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: Delhi Police, India, has added fresh charges against Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking site Alt News who was arrested in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet in 2018. The fresh charges of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence were mentioned by the Delhi Police as it produced the fact-checker at the Patiala House court

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • CJC begins process for major reform of costs regime - Legal Futures https://t.co/FXc6GHPU5a
  • The Gazette has recently announced that they will be reaching out to probate practitioners to offer a free deceased estates notice placement guide, which can be passed on to clients | NLJ https://t.co/fU1kk4ofvE
  • #US president Joe Biden has said that women travelling for abortions will be protected by the federal government https://t.co/C32ehqqo3
  • Palestinian Authority routinely tortures detainees, says rights group: Human Rights Watch calls for donors to cut off funding to security forces and urges international court to investigate https://t.co/mVBdmNPZyd
  • Chris Pincher suspended as Tory MP after groping allegation https://t.co/bxMlo409DK
  • Two Met Police officers have been sacked for making "abhorrent" comments in a group chat, including a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex https://t.co/yNz5wXdeLg
  • Criminal barristers’ pay offer in the dock https://t.co/AgUlcPETFC
  • Firm owner and consultant sanctioned for €9m supercar failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/nK7PXFMBLQ
  • The Roe ruling is not about states’ rights. It’s about power and control #US https://t.co/WhFakoWTi
  • Why is Raab so keen to hand the SRA extra powers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/qlcpBt6e84
  • Turnover and staff engagement soar at employee-owned firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/J7NHtbBDu
  • Sanctions on strikers 'could be unlawful' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ii7CiNbOe8
  • Supreme court expands states’ power to prosecute crimes on tribal lands #US https://t.co/KIrdr7IqJZ
  • Government to pay ‘reasonable fees’ of Post Office claimants | Law Gazette https://t.co/I06haJUFrL
  • Julian Assange is seeking permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the United States. Last month, the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the Wikileaks founder's extradition to the US https://t.co/MdneKkA9
  • The UK and New Zealand will allow more younger people to live and work in both countries for longer. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Kiwi counterpart Jacinda Ardern agreed to extend the Youth Mobility and Working Holiday schemes https://t.co/zxwRodxQ4K
  • American basketball star Brittney Griner has gone on trial in #Russia on charges of illegal cannabis possession. Shewas seen arriving handcuffed at a court in the town of Khimki, outside Moscow https://t.co/dRAJ3s4b8
  • Immigration advice scammer jailed for absconding while on bail - Legal Futures https://t.co/S3WbAbINbh
  • Minister complains to Speaker about Labour remarks on rape convictions https://t.co/NuCdW69Oho
  • Will cancelled after solicitor failed to probe ‘paranoid delusions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/cXBBxc9DQx
  • Virginia lawsuits indicate pattern of schools ignoring reported sexual assaults #US https://t.co/3h1aUM0i1W
  • MoJ to fast-track criminal legal aid fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/eC02WtUcxW
  • Complaints about claims management companies continue to fall - Legal Futures https://t.co/rwKNiXofHP 
  • William Tyrrell’s foster mother denied mental health application over alleged assault of young girl #Australia https://t.co/qT6sK89jB6
  • Ambulance services are appealing for the public's help to find 70,000 defibrillator devices scattered in community locations across the UK. The machines can be a life-saver for people having a cardiac arrest https://t.co/QYxcSTbApS 
  • Ruja Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen", has been placed on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list. The #Bulgarian believed to be in her 40s, is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin https://t.co/LgtBZi8ewB 
  • A row has broken out on Twitter over pronouns on Halifax name badges, with the bank saying customers who object to its stance can close their accounts https://t.co/5ATGgFQM4C 
  • Government must strengthen laws against 'enablers', MPs say | Law Gazette https://t.co/123Ypry3f3
  • Home Office to face legal challenge over post-Brexit rights of EU citizens in UK - High court allows judicial review of rules that remove rights of those who do not apply for residency in time https://t.co/UgCUWIdM6j
  • A new route to practice rights for chartered legal executives - Legal Futures https://t.co/HPEiC0qWYD
  • London's top public-health doctor is urging anyone with monkeypox symptoms not to attend Pride events this weekend. Prof Kevin Fenton said people needed to watch out for unusual rashes, blisters, fevers and swollen glands https://t.co/T65PAowqsV
  • ‘Burn it’ solicitor: Destroying evidence was ‘utterly stupid’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/T9dw8aG6nf
  • The hoarder brother of a disabled woman who died from extreme ulcerations after being left on her bedroom floor for two weeks has been jailed for manslaughter https://t.co/j2ucFABY5U 
  • #US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions https://t.co/QDmQmlw6XA 
  • Slater and Gordon splits business but denies merger talk | Law Gazette https://t.co/4i2uJfFzAj

Friday

1st July - Law News

Edition 3839: 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: Almost 30 years ago a domestic terrorism attack on an Australian government agency shocked the nation. The 1994 bombing of the National Crime Authority office in Adelaide killed one senior police officer and badly injured a lead investigator. A prime suspect was soon identified, but only today was the case finally closed

Focus of the Day Article: Home Office to face legal challenge over post-Brexit rights of EU citizens in UK. High court allows judicial review of rules that remove rights of those who do not apply for residency in time. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Tory deputy chief whip resigns after ‘drunkenly groping two men’ - Chris Pincher’s resignation is latest in a series of allegations of sexual misconduct by Conservative MPs https://t.co/iMpGSlsv2e
  • Fossil fuel industry faces surge in climate lawsuits: Number of climate-related lawsuits globally has doubled since 2015, with quarter filed in past two years https://t.co/98Fp6xfcmi 
  • Fraser & Mulligan Solicitors merges with Mackinnons Solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/47kLkj4pBS
  • Solicitors mull court walkouts over legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/QQhyvCqhbb
  • Aberdeen Law Project announces new co-student directors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R9rlBZUMND
  • The Tory deputy chief whip has resigned from government, saying he "embarrassed myself and other people" and "drank far too much". In his resignation letter on Thursday Chris Pincher apologised to the prime minister "and to those concerned" https://t.co/5kTcYAaX02 
  • Specialised judges could preside over domestic, sexual and gender-based violence cases | Irish Legal News https://t.co/l8wIgHe5CL
  • Fifteen people have been arrested in France on suspicion of being part of a people-smuggling ring that was involved in one of the deadliest incidents seen in the English Channel https://t.co/qs7KUgaYKu
  • Barrister reprimanded for "bullying and aggressive" emails - Legal Futures https://t.co/1vF3DyxGtG
  • Faculty voices opposition to the UK Bill of Rights | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6rW7ejZ0C0 
  • Women suffering domestic abuse at the hands of partners or husbands who work for the police are not having their cases investigated properly https://t.co/EsQxt4Blae 
  • More than 500 sub-postmasters wrongly suspected or accused of taking money by the Post Office are to get an interim payment worth around £40,000 each https://t.co/GAi5jk6NX7
  • ‘Burn it’ solicitor was not aware of need to preserve documents, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/2m6xElfwsb
  • #US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lost some of its power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court represents a major setback to President Joe Biden's climate plans https://t.co/rgSzD67Sn5
  • Mother, stepfather and a teenager given life sentences for murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi and dumping his body in a river. John Cole, will serve a minimum term of 29 years in prison while Logan's mother, Angharad Williamson, at least 28 years https://t.co/lbSafSbR9z
  • Activist Lawyer wraps up third season | Irish Legal News https://t.co/fNAyXUv2Iz
  • WorkNest promotes Daniel Gorry to legal director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fRrUz2auq1 
  • Signing CFA "not informed consent" to deduct costs from damages - Legal Futures https://t.co/H1DuRj59Jw 
  • AG accused of ‘general attack’ on juries in Colston Four case | Law Gazette https://t.co/AHHZ9UXnqZ 
  • Barbara Cotter to chair Top Level Appointments Committee | Irish Legal News https://t.co/R7YF17KKRH 
  • Ghost broking: up to 21,000 people in the UK have fallen victim to this car insurance scam. People should "safeguard their personal finances against fraud" amidst the cost of living crisis, warns The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) https://t.co/WeOJnzMP74 
  • Supreme Court receives reference on new independence bill | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XwoCP1gs1C
  • Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been jailed for embezzling £25,000 from two pro-independence groups. The 40-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison https://t.co/nh5PRBCE3
  • Lawyers involved in the high-profile 2018 rape trial of rugby player Paddy Jackson have reached a settlement in their defamation proceedings against former Ireland and Ulster rugby captain Rory Best | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IlG8vkBHbl
  • Inquiry launched into the charity set up in honour of fundraiser and Army veteran Capt Sir Tom Moore. The Charity Commission has concerns about The Captain Tom Foundation's management and decisions that could have generated "significant profit" https://t.co/F1FekwwsRA
  • Estate agents "discriminating" because of conveyancers' referral fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/OEpp88ne0K 
  • New laws urgently needed to control facial recognition | Law Gazette https://t.co/1UrJGJTJdq
  • Dominic Raab says right to abortion does not need to be in bill of rights https://t.co/g0ImLveHyZ 
  • Pro bono left to pick up the slack - just 2,400 barristers practising criminal law | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7WEb0B1wQ
  • Google is facing action from a coalition of ten European consumer organisations over the company's account sign-up process. A Google account is essential in order to use a number of its products and services https://t.co/TjJlTsfz8R
  • Government approves increase in SRA's fining power to £25,000 - Legal Futures https://t.co/8KaNWXUvkv 
  • Raab approves SRA fining powers increase to £25,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/C4DKa8qqLt 
  • People convicted of football-related online hate crime can now receive banning orders that stop them from attending matches https://t.co/PQsem0UUWv 
  • Gallery: London Legal Walk 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ftzjyBwlb
  • R Kelly sentenced to 30 years on sexual abuse charges - the R&B singer, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking and racketeering on nine counts involving women, girls and boys #US https://t.co/D9BolXWyUR 
  • Petrol station workers are reporting growing abuse from drivers as fuel prices remain at record highs. Staff are seeing a "huge increase" of verbal abuse from motorists angry at the price at the pump https://t.co/BeEJHxRtJz 
  • MPs should not bring babies into Commons chamber, review says - The review concluded the "long-standing practice" of barring babies from Commons debates should remain in place https://t.co/RQDIzoiuff
  • The findings of an investigation into the handling of allegations of bullying made against the Duchess of Sussex will remain private, says a senior Buckingham Palace source https://t.co/GK0adxxWNK
  • The only survivor of the group behind the November 2015 Paris attacks has been found guilty of terrorism and murder charges. Salah Abdeslam received a rare full-life prison term for his role in the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people #France https://t.co/NWUknFACS4 
  • Professor Shane Kilcommins appointed provost and deputy president at University of Limerick | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bYSoG2rDFP