Wednesday

19th October - Law News

Edition 3949: 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:  Once so picturesque it was nicknamed the "Switzerland of the Donbas", the eastern Ukrainian town of Sviatohirsk today lies in ruins. It was recaptured by Ukrainian troops in mid-September after being occupied by Russian forces for nearly 100 days. Some locals welcomed the arrival of Russian troops, while others still struggle to contain their anger at the former occupiers. Sviatohirsk has long been known for its mixed loyalties and strong cultural ties to Russia. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent, Mélina Huet and RaId Abu Zaideh report.

Focus of the Day Article: Judiciary in England and Wales ‘institutionally racist’, says report: more than half of legal professionals in survey said they saw a judge acting in a racially biased way. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Firm sues trade press over article suggesting dishonesty | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q3T9z0iyIu 
  • Disabled junior lawyer awarded £23,000 over terminated recruitment | Law Gazette https://t.co/i6C9oDwihU 
  • Wales' first minister lost his temper in the Senedd under questioning from the Welsh Conservative leader. Mark Drakeford erupted in anger as he accused Andrew RT Davies' party of making a mess of the UK's budget and reputation https://t.co/64Ae82Bsnr 
  • Grief and outrage in #France over the murder of a 12-year-old girl found dumped in a plastic trunk in Paris has turned into a political row over the migrant status of the suspect https://t.co/fLRdZ1w4Cl
  • All bar one – will solicitors walk out? | Law Gazette https://t.co/ImwDWDCxAx
  • EU gunning for litigation funders | Law Gazette https://t.co/388bUgtpLY 
  • Iran: Law Society calls for halt in lawyer detentions | Law Gazette https://t.co/JVETF5aDvr
  • LiP support goes hybrid with 700 law student volunteers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3JElhZYr2y 
  • Paralegal speaks of journey from brain injury to blossoming career | Law Gazette https://t.co/hcskxPF1Jf
  • UK accused of putting Tamil refugees at risk in Indian Ocean #ChagosIslands https://t.co/dLvuspAbeW 
  • Ezra Miller has pleaded not guilty to burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a home in the US state of Vermont and stealing alcohol. The Flash actor, who uses they/them pronouns, appeared remotely at a hearing at Bennington Criminal Court https://t.co/u5wbx6CMX1 
  • Senior China diplomat involved in violence against protesters at the Manchester consulate on Sunday, a British MP says. "What we saw was the Chinese consul-general then ripping down posters and peaceful protest," Alicia Kearns told MPs in the Commons https://t.co/YKqbvELGDf 
  • My legal life: Philip Hoddell, Birkett Long - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/LXnntnbwEz 
  • Moral policing on social media more than actual moral policing: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/RpqY1rEvXp
  • ‘Privileged’ legal sector escapes AML rules, campaign group claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/3gMwZb6nk4
  • Fears growing for athlete who competed without a hijab at a climbing competition in South Korea in defiance of #Iran's strict rules. Elnaz Rekabi was hailed by Iranians protesting against the dress code a https://t.co/pAn30pnVZu
  • North-West England at the centre of autumn merger activity - Legal Futures https://t.co/pZwXFuZfop
  • Crack cases quicker to reduce backlog, senior presiding judge suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/heaG8I9XOb
  • ‘The day the bar died’: Criminal barristers react to legal aid deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X39bink0ZP 
  • Lawyer in the news: Ekaterina Churanova, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/BoheQTy1au 
  • Post Office scandal inquiry to put conduct of lawyers under spotlight - Legal Futures https://t.co/863eDehUvT 
  • Top law firms and high-quality work: Why aspiring lawyers should consider a career in the South West - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LCRvKk5SZ3
  • Legal market to ‘cool substantially’ following post-lockdown boom - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4qdxCotQps 
  • Solicitor took advantage of deceased lawyer's vulnerable widow - Legal Futures https://t.co/Z71DodP9Vg
  • Lady Chief Justice ‘provided guidance’ to judge after sexual assault trial backlash | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TaSYhYYb8G 
  • Up to 30 unpatriotic former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's People's Liberation Army https://t.co/Fb0aZY5uOs 
  • GN Saibaba acquittal: Supreme Court to hold special sitting on Saturday to hear Maharashtra's appeal against Bombay High Court verdict | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/w9bOZnApZJ
  • Up to 30 unpatriotic former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's People's Liberation Army https://t.co/Fb0aZY5uO
  • CBI opposes Anil Deshmukh bail plea in corruption case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JVPZkLsa9U
  • Student etches pens with criminal law notes in ambitious bid to pass exam - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LsA8cLlNn
  • Lawyers “not listening” to ethnic minority clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/4IJdjQVRT
  • Maxine Orr appointed as vice-president of Northern Ireland employment tribunal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UwnfgLLYK
  • History made as Law Society installs first Asian and Muslim president - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X9cMX3V
  • Meet the sustainability manager helping one global law firm go green - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nKRoarzb9
  • Michaela Guthrie made partner at Balfour and Manson | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zcss1gaZcU
  • Eversheds posts 82% trainee solicitor retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OaBxYaplR1
  • The Welsh government is consulting on a Draft Statute Law (Repeals) (Wales) Bill, which would ‘help declutter the statute book’ and ‘bring clarity about what law is relevant in Wales’ | NLJ https://t.co/IiHVbzapuw
  • The case of a Metropolitan Police officer who avoided dismissal despite facing 11 separate allegations of wrongdoing is just one of the findings highlighted in a report detailing serious misconduct within the force https://t.co/mUm5Kjo6Dd
  • Top firms pledge to treat training contracts and apprenticeships as equals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vN0BAlTDCj
  • [POCSO] Allahabad High Court grants bail to rape accused on condition that he marries victim | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/SMm8ztS1pZ
  • The vast majority of criminal defence solicitors in Edinburgh have suffered mentally and physically from the work they do | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Uq3Uba1Wgb
  • Tyrone judge faces formal complaint from MLA over remarks in sex trial | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xbAN0PYS8J
  • #Somalia drought: Witnessing a two-year-old's death from hunger https://t.co/vy1NSC9w6s
  • Four new KCs for Black Chambers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3qIreFJsaw 
  • Hundreds of Met Police officers have been getting away with breaking the law and misconduct, a damning report has found. Baroness Louise Casey found many claims of sexual misconduct, misogyny, racism and homophobia were badly mishandled https://t.co/vSHhtY1LAJ

Tuesday

18th October - Law News

Edition 3948: 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 killed in Iran’s Evin prison fire has risen from four to eight, the country’s judiciary said. Officials said dozens more were injured in the blaze in the Tehran jail, which is known for holding political prisoners and dual nationals. The cause of the fire is disputed: the judiciary says the fire began in a prison workshop after a fight among inmates, whereas state TV claims it was a "premeditated" escape plan by prisoners.


Focus of the Day Article: A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Mother in Law: The pleasure of reading | Law Gazette https://t.co/aVoeNctPIk
  • Law firms back Irish corporation tax regime moving to territorial system | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AlaV9kwPkX
  • Striking criminal barristers narrowly vote to accept government pay deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/W0jKSN4zba 
  • Clydes records 76% trainee retention result - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jg4v6jFut1 
  • University of Galway to present alumni award to Irish woman tackling Afghan hunger | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AYWX613m4b
  • Dentons hires Matthew Cahill as second banking partner in a month | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uEOethP4a
  • Michael Johnston joins SEPA | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aunrGiLhR8
  • The business of sustainability - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PsCieHmgx
  • Treat overseas register regime 'like AML compliance with bells on', solicitors told | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZI0xVrQzj
  • Four ways conveyancing firms can overcome their biggest challenges - Legal Futures https://t.co/9i6yqbEyt2 
  • Nottingham Law School expands support for national legal charity following government funding cuts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0e89zOgHUX
  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has opened its consultation on a post-SIF indemnity scheme | NLJ https://t.co/sQejiv8XJ
  • Council of Europe assembly: Brexit has ‘threatened’ human rights in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y3pKsk5lUJ
  • The home secretary has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on disruptive protests carried out by environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion https://t.co/mkeeTSuqnB 
  • Why I’m sceptical about giving legal rights to animals, trees and rivers - Rogelio Luque-Lora responds to proposals in the Law in the Emerging Bio Age, a report for the Law Society https://t.co/YWwc47VJp1 
  • City firms publicly pledge to treat legal apprentices equally | Law Gazette https://t.co/mlpz2zEoMA
  • McKees announces six new appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/C7k751abiF
  • Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling behaviour and assault https://t.co/Ui77vN4Jza
  • Young people (aged 18-25) in England and Wales are coming under ‘intense pressure’ to plead guilty to crimes without fully understanding the consequences, a report by criminal justice watchdog Fair Trials has found | NLJ https://t.co/G60uNTPJoG
  • Gunmen have killed 11 people in an attack at a #Russian military training ground on Saturday. During a firearms training session, two men opened fire on a group who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine https://t.co/8WET5ZjvMa
  • A major fire broke out on Saturday at #Iran's notorious Evin prison, known for housing political prisoners, journalists and foreign nationals https://t.co/Og1Ps9e9Ix 
  • A major fire broke out on Saturday at #Iran's notorious Evin prison, known for housing political prisoners, journalists and foreign nationals https://t.co/Og1Ps8X6Gx
  • World’s largest law firm strikes ‘historic’ combo with Indian legal player - Legal Cheek https://t.co/75WUKfyTWo
  • Law firms “frustrated by clients” over alternative fee models - Legal Futures https://t.co/K08GcObo8k
  • 'Fight or die': solicitors handed strategy for legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/pZIAfS0UhR
  • Mark O’Brien O’Reilly joins Francis Taylor Building in London | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6UjNtoFgrd
  • New appointments at Gillespie Macandrew | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xb4gMKjHDU
  • Moral policing on social media more than actual moral policing: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/RpqY1rmUy
  • Louise Duffy joins BTO LLP | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LE6ZTQJZs9
  • Cleared solicitor says £43k personal costs bill is 'grossly unfair' | Law Gazette https://t.co/QsS7Kc1A3M
  • The Weekly Round-up: Legal advice sanctions, cannabis under consideration, and evacuation biometrics - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CVi7N0D0QC
  • SRA joins firms in dishing out cost of living payments to staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MKXOFeaOZm
  • MPs clamour to toughen new economic crime bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/WXYRekzD6J 
  • Mere withdrawal of Facebook post is no reason to discharge accused in UAPA offence: Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f8q1pNsCY
  • Double equity partner appointment at IFSC-based Meagher Solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/D7Xk3TKHSy 
  • 6 reasons why future trainees need to engage with legal tech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eW2kP9x0
  • Hugh James swoops for north-west PI firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/yRjxtBq2yQ
  • Vos tells white male lawyers to be more inclusive in work conversations - Legal Futures https://t.co/2TM1U6yHQs
  • A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane https://t.co/Cwms6R9t91
  • Mills Selig grows with appointment of three new solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GHTdk5Fg5f
  • Baby loss campaigning solicitor ramps up fight for statutory paid leave | Law Gazette https://t.co/I0oZVxK5qO 
  • A mass shooter who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018 is set to be sentenced to life imprisonment — sparing him the death penalty sought by prosecutors and some victims’ families #US | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/90l1a84g4q
  • Addleshaws to recruit trainee solicitors in Ireland - Legal Cheek https://t.co/g0NsKwWMES 
  • Lawyers need to redraw ethical boundaries "or face external action" - Legal Futures https://t.co/rU9ztHZk4A
  • Weinstein whistleblower: ‘nothing has changed’ on NDA rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/uVkzOM55Mt
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: Justice from the chaos of conflict - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/LUbl3hnPqN
  • People have been protesting across Iran for nearly a month, defying a deadly crackdown by security forces. The demonstrations are seen as the most serious challenge to the Iranian authorities in decades https://t.co/8VurWjYvT
  • Council of Europe assembly: Brexit has ‘threatened’ human rights in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y3pKsjNKw9
  • Supreme Court dismisses with ₹20k costs plea to disqualify Satyendar Jain from Delhi assembly | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1UQwgO9y0l
  • Anderson Strathern latest to sign up at BAM’s Capital Square in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jYdtJkRYFg

Monday

17th October - Law News

Edition 3947: 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 cyberattack on Mexico’s defence ministry has revealed the scope of surveillance by its armed forces. Leaked documents show the continued use of Pegasus spyware to monitor journalists and human rights workers.


Focus of the Day Article: Law Society of England & Wales elects first Asian and Muslim president: Lubna Shuja succeeds Stephanie Boyce, marking the first time the Law Society has had two consecutive women presidents. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A Dutchman convicted of sexually extorting a teenage #Canadian girl who later took her own life has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Aydin Coban, 44, will serve his sentence in the Netherlands, prosecutors in British Columbia said https://t.co/YO8FF2i65q 
  • Two brothers have been jailed for 40 years for killing a Maltese journalist, whose 2017 death sparked global anger. George and Alfred Degiorgio admitted to murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, just hours after pleading not guilty https://t.co/U3e3K5tgcS 
  • #Iran protests: Iran's Gen Z 'realise life can be lived differently' https://t.co/6VgBRrcw8N
  • The Beyond Meat executive who was accused of biting a man's nose is leaving the vegan food company. The #US firm, known for its plant-based burgers, had suspended Douglas Ramsey, then chief operating officer, indefinitely after the incident https://t.co/W13HZIYfAR 
  • A sex offender who killed himself while on-the-run from police is suspected of murdering teenager Leah Croucher. This week, unidentified human remains and personal items belonging to the 19-year-old were found in the loft of a house in Milton Keynes https://t.co/Sn3y50DE1l 
  • Migrant students in Scotland win equal right to free tuition in landmark case https://t.co/0LowzJWyzN
  • Pilot early advice for child arrangements 'without delay' | Law Gazette https://t.co/GKoEZ0NRb7
  • Shearman & Sterling launches legal operations offering for in-house teams - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LX7StaoznP 
  • Women and Diversity in Law Awards unveils 300-strong list of nominees - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qJWITdu2RS 
  • Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy advise on Advent and Wilbur-Ellis chemicals tie-up - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r3jD296WQm 
  • Law Society of England & Wales elects first Asian and Muslim president: Lubna Shuja succeeds Stephanie Boyce, marking the first time the Law Society has had two consecutive women presidents - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aHC5yeL8qg 
  • Now live! The 2023 Chambers Most List - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MNiyegLgnm
  • Truss promises to slash EU red tape – what’s the truth behind the rhetoric? https://t.co/wwtkT9K6Mq 
  • Michael Sheen to play celebrity barrister David Sherborne in ‘Wagatha Christie’ drama - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rxcUuFhVR2

Sunday

16 October - Law News

Edition 3946: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  There will be no carbon dating to determine the age of what is said to be a "Shivling" at Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque, the city's top judge ruled, rejecting a request by a group of women - Shiva devotees - who want to pray inside the mosque complex
 
 
Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

Saturday

15th October - Law News

Edition 3945: 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:  So Equity Trust is: The Appellant (Halabi, the Executor) and the Respondent ("ETJL") are assumed to be creditors of the Ironzar II Trust, a Jersey law discretionary trust whose liabilities substantially exceed its assets. ETJL is a former trustee of the Ironzar II Trust which contends that its rights of recourse to the trust fund take priority to those of other creditors, including the Executor, who disputes that contention

Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • An 11-year-old boy who attacked a police officer is the "ringleader" of a crime spree, an MP has said. Conservative MP Scott Benton said a gang of youths had committed "hundreds of crimes" in Blackpool in recent weeks https://t.co/3El8THrlfK
  • ‘Less opera and cricket’: Vos calls for workplace chat to change | Law Gazette https://t.co/7yNArVOfrP 
  • Five people including an off-duty police officer have been shot dead with several injured in Raleigh, North Carolina. The shooting occurred near the Neuse River Greenway, a popular trail on the outskirts of the state capital, the city's mayor said https://t.co/aZ52n88kHl
  • City executive banned for fabricating Legal 500 emails | Law Gazette https://t.co/9Np6nMHqFh 
  • Metamorph bids to ward off winding-up petition for four of its firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/iXhwqbz6Oq 
  • Legislation paves the way for electronic trade documents | Law Gazette https://t.co/UrXXrrt2MG 
  • Home Office reclassifies modern slavery as illegal immigration issue - Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the safeguarding minister https://t.co/vQRfcNr4HW 
  • Mental health: The impact of SRA investigations | Law Gazette https://t.co/PWZNZTByK6 
  • Firm rebuked for acting on both sides of property transaction - Legal Futures https://t.co/rb5XTpe4Ut 
  • The King and Queen of the #Netherlands have revealed their 18-year-old daughter can no longer move around freely outside due to the possibility of an attack or kidnapping https://t.co/I5mmECzhwF 
  • #US supreme court rejects Trump appeal in Mar-a-Lago documents case https://t.co/TAclAOy9Ct 
  • The gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has been spared the death penalty. A jury recommended that the defendant should instead spend the rest of his life in prison for the 14 February, 2018 shooting https://t.co/SxwVUaRF4Y 
  • Emailed invoice was valid, judge tells non-paying client | Law Gazette https://t.co/kZ7SAsqf9Y 
  • New crisis looms for Ukrainians in the UK https://t.co/uokG5uzU8S