Saturday

12th November - Law News

Edition 3973: 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 WhatsApp message from an unknown number to none other than (India) Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led to a CID investigation into a case of the alleged suicide of a 13-year-old Adivasi domestic help in Darrang district to figure out that there was a cover-up by the top police officials of the district to turn a case of rape and murder of the minor girl to suicide allegedly after being bribed by the accused.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The drivers of increased matter mobility - Legal Futures https://t.co/m8v306hh1J 
  • ECHR has not taken sides in debate on impact of transgender laws, Scottish court told https://t.co/0wtJiRARQQ
  • End of complaints backlog inevitable, ombudsman predicts | Law Gazette https://t.co/oGBzEPoIGt
  • Big firms could cut lawyer numbers as profitability “continues to fall” - Legal Futures https://t.co/0qNLxQqHgq
  • Under the shadow of death: prisoners who escaped execution in Iran https://t.co/JspB2GIAEF 
  • MP surgery visits reveal unmet housing need | Law Gazette https://t.co/RlyNy8u7yk
  • Dishonest paralegal, drink driving, AML failure - SRA hands out penalties - Legal Futures https://t.co/bAt0Rs7Zp3
  • A security guard has admitted spying for Russia while working at the British Embassy in Berlin. Prosecutors alleged David Smith, 58, had wanted to hurt the UK and the embassy where he had worked for eight years https://t.co/gt8Elsoxfp
  • People who do not ‘look like’ typical judge have lowest trust in judiciary https://t.co/Vi3DcizSp8 
  • Construction has been halted on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago after a noose was found at the site. Lakeside Alliance, a group of Black-owned construction companies behind the project, said they reported the incident to police #US https://t.co/4QNnGHqyVV
  • No police action over Shaun Bailey Tory lockdown breaching event - former mayoral candidate Bailey and Tory aides were seen posing for a photo, raising glasses besides buffet food while London was under restrictions in December 2020 https://t.co/PDITANKIh
  • Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the #US, seeking court protection as it looks for a way to return money to users. The company said that former boss Sam Bankman-Fried had also stepped down as chief executive https://t.co/c9zeMcLZIu 
  • Police reforms possible only if police officials recognize citizens as their masters: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XYsoqiJFlO
  • Personal injury solicitor awarded £32,000 for unfair dismissal - Legal Futures https://t.co/Lu7RKuCVRb 
  • Delhi High Court directs Tata Power to provide electricity connection to 200 Hindu migrant families from Pakistan | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pdTpWfYzQP
  • A man arrested in a Scottish hospital last year is US fugitive Nicholas Rossi, a court has ruled. The man had claimed to have been the victim of mistaken identity, and insisted his name was Arthur Knight https://t.co/qGfK5fbK8I
  • Solicitor awarded £32,000 over anxiety during employment transfer | Law Gazette https://t.co/gpH2LNmK0k
  • ‘Whisper list’ contains 40 politicians never to accept a drink from, MP claims - Names of people known for ‘bullying or sexual misconduct’ are shared around Westminster, says Charlotte Nichols https://t.co/1pkkptN5h
  • Funder eyes Covid loan claims after half-year losses | Law Gazette https://t.co/EsiTsaV14q 
  • Client losses from cyber-attacks on law firms continue to fall - Legal Futures https://t.co/1pCTNI1ib1
  • Over 100 Irish young people take part in Browne Jacobson careers event | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AODo54JDmG
  • Several firms involved with Grenfell Tower are still engaging in a "merry-go-round of buck-passing" following the fire that killed 72 people, a long-running public inquiry has heard as it drew to a close https://t.co/ABHpwG0ukE
  • Youth diversion scheme could be extended to under-25s | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wTeW6k2ZS5
  • MHC: Nearly half of Irish financial services leaders expect UK will rejoin EU | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Unnrzto0k9
  • #Israel: leader of far-right Jewish Power party pays tribute to late racist rabbi - Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose party helped prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, praises Meir Kahane at memorial https://t.co/BrPnMVO51
  • Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy - Departures of top figures handling safety, security, privacy and compliance come amid warnings from Federal Trade Commission https://t.co/YJyLA120D4
  • Alex Jones to pay extra $473m damages over 'fake Sandy Hook' claim #US https://t.co/Yau9Ds6gCG 
  • A US regulator says it is watching events at Twitter with "deep concern" after the platform's top privacy and compliance officers reportedly quit. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said new chief executive Elon Musk was "not above the law" https://t.co/ODikaHNeup

Friday

11th November - Law News

Edition 3972: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Moving to a single regulator for legal services is a ‘live conversation’ in Whitehall and at Westminster, the chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority said today. However, the SRA believes securing legislative time remains a significant hurdle to overcome when the government is facing bigger and competing priorities. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: In a crucial year for the climate, award-winning Guardian environment editor Fiona Harvey reflects on 30 years of Cops and meets the politicians, activists and scientists asking who is responsible for saving the planet.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Does our duty to the client trump the public interest? | Law Gazette https://t.co/W193bwRVOl
  • Boost for space law as University of Aberdeen lands specialist academic | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ut0SmoOoPa
  • PI firms on the edge cannot wait for mixed claim perfection | Law Gazette https://t.co/n8ERxLQPDh
  • A police officer has been killed and another has been stabbed in a knife attack in Brussels. The two officers were taken to hospital after they were attacked close to Brussels North railway station on Thursday evening https://t.co/j7xYLvQIH2
  • Law firms under "active investigation" for flouting sanctions regime - Legal Futures https://t.co/XyCdsLEd0g 
  • MoJ conducting 'light touch review' of Common Platform | Law Gazette https://t.co/bLMKKgB8CR
  • Morton Fraser recognised as top employer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LkE7aj1Xis 
  • Judges to be trained on appropriate behaviour, LCJ reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/St78JmUJRG
  • SRA on lookout for solicitors "borrowing" from client money to pay bills - Legal Futures https://t.co/tu5dfZVvao 
  • Trade union for legal aid lawyers: counsel instructed | Law Gazette https://t.co/XZINer2vEe 
  • Amanda Jones: Gender recognition bill will complicate rather than clarify the law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4vj9squuoi 
  • A female former Royal Navy sailor, who says she was raped on a ship, has spoken of her anger at claims that servicewomen are still being abused. The Royal Navy has launched an inquiry following sexual harassment allegations in the Submarine Service https://t.co/jRj45ShHIQ
  • Commission urges reform of 'ineffective' confiscation regime | Law Gazette https://t.co/kpwInzqx5i
  • Susan Martin elected president of Dublin Solicitors Bar Association | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wGC9JdFqJL
  • Burnett: “I can’t magic up lawyers to help reduce Crown Court backlog” - Legal Futures https://t.co/E7AvX3gHxM
  • Claimant who dropped case at trial should be hit for costs, CoA hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/7y2VGTf5Ga
  • Several people who climbed gantries on the M25 have been arrested, as the motorway is disrupted for a fourth day. Essex Police said it detained a woman at about 07:10 GMT on the clockwise carriageway about 1.5 miles (2.4km) before junction 28 for the A12 https://t.co/dwEIDwYKnc
  • Brexit-backing Next boss says UK needs more overseas workers - Lord Wolfson, who was a prominent advocate of Brexit, said the UK's current immigration policy was crippling economic growth https://t.co/0hyVOgxOYW
  • Lavelle Partners opens new office in Galway | Irish Legal News https://t.co/q4At6U1eMa
  • Half of expert witnesses would reject “highly contentious” cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/LMvehgCuW
  • Driver who held up ambulance on purpose sentenced: Albert Butler, 38, of Reading, was banned from driving for three years and made to pay £600 in costs over the incident in Maidenhead on 2 February https://t.co/NHx84Qh1Ah
  • SRA poised to issue SLAPPs warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/YzVDCKjO0d 
  • Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of raping a woman while in #Australia for the T20 World Cup choked her so forcefully she was left "fearing for her life", court documents allege https://t.co/Wa8fYrshtR
  • York university Student arrested after eggs thrown at King Charles - the 23-year-old was heard to shout "this country was built on the blood of slaves" as he was restrained https://t.co/dMbIYXAHhX 
  • Crime contract holders to form their own representative body | Law Gazette https://t.co/xBcHxAulIU
  • Scottish plans to include transgender women in equality law tested in court: Judicial review begins over definition of ‘woman’ in 2018 law to improve gender balance on public boards https://t.co/B3JMl4G8g1
  • Phishers forge SRA chief Bradley’s email | Law Gazette https://t.co/RhcvOHQ2O1
  • Spanish police officer sentenced after posting fake rape video on Twitter - Guardia Civil first to be convicted after alleging video showed a Moroccan migrant raping a woman https://t.co/VrfGkIikKh

Thursday

10th November - Law News

Edition 3971: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Half of expert witnesses would refuse to act in “highly contentious” matters, such as those involving transgender issues, a survey has found. The poll of 635 expert witnesses also found that, with the current high inflation, a majority would be increasing their rates – by an average of 11% of those who specified a figure. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Democrat Maura Healey has been elected as Massachusetts' first female governor, defeating Trump-backed nominee Geoff Diehl. This is the governor-elect's message to girls and LGBTQ community

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Fee share firm buys rival as new model market consolidates | Law Gazette https://t.co/JgoA39DZwH 
  • Charities demand inquiry into Heathrow immigration centre conditions https://t.co/nY8PZHMcHg 
  • Finnish contract platform launches in the UK - Legal Futures https://t.co/XsLSVpHf87 
  • Two abattoir workers tortured two acquaintances to death before mutilating them in a "gruesome echo" of their butchery work, a court has heard https://t.co/SbRQRppIOE Nov 09, 2022
  • Pro bono should 'complement' legal aid - new AG | Law Gazette https://t.co/QWe79XQ5Zv 
  • Martyna Ogonowksa was failed by a justice system rotten with rape myths https://t.co/ElMkxTa177
  • RAF officer injured abroad denied chance to sue in England | Law Gazette https://t.co/4H8y0N9MBJ 
  • Drake and 21 Savage are being sued by Vogue's publisher Condé Nast over claims they used the brand name to promote their new album, Her Loss, without permission & the rappers' promo campaign was built "entirely" on the unauthorised use of Vogue trademarks https://t.co/RNRziKXUaQ 
  • Mid-sized commercial firms "need to shout" about their tech offering - Legal Futures https://t.co/h32dacV5sd 
  • EU law overhaul will have 'devastating impact' - Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/ouSpOg2Emu 
  • One in 300 animal welfare complaints at UK farms lead to prosecution – study https://t.co/5QUctBB5ER
  • A broadcast journalist said she was handcuffed and in police custody for five hours after being arrested while reporting on a Just Stop Oil protest. LBC reporter Charlotte Lynch said she was on a road bridge over the M25 in Hertfordshire on Tuesday https://t.co/j2QidO229d 
  • Law firms 'wait it out' as profitability slides | Law Gazette https://t.co/VFodAYjKEH 
  • Judge ‘in error’ over sentence for Jeremy Vine stalker, says solicitor general - Alex Belfield could have been given longer prison term but legal technicality makes it too late to change https://t.co/Lz7BAO1jur 
  • LSB promises regulators “greater autonomy” in performance regime - Legal Futures https://t.co/pCcWW1s7kg 
  • Pro Bono Week: Humanitarian crises require long-term legal support | Law Gazette https://t.co/RQ7sNtPTo9
  • US basketball star Brittney Griner transferred to #Russian penal colony https://t.co/iZr6LW1cRU 
  • UK rolling back efforts to tackle modern slavery, charity says - Reclassifying modern slavery as immigration issue and rhetoric of ‘abusing the system’ are among concerns levelled at government https://t.co/9b8eT4mnGg
  • Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime Command had discovered what they alleged was a "suspected makeshift 3D firearms factory" at a home in London https://t.co/e6PaIbsNaz 
  • A councillor has been threatened over her support for new relationship and sex education (RSE) teaching in Wales. Gwynedd council's Beca Brown believes the lessons will keep children safe and said "most parents" agree https://t.co/tFYfnkMj6H 
  • Birss: Why can't costs budgets be based on solicitors' estimates? - Legal Futures https://t.co/GgrlwSDsfT
  • EU proposes more transparency on short-term lets | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NTTyTfc96e 
  • Just Stop Oil: What is it and what are its goals? https://t.co/kFxULWMDZA 
  • Creditors stand to lose £3.6m from Hodders collapse | Law Gazette https://t.co/DujpdOS5iT
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reappointed Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC as Advocate General for Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aiJzS7XllS
  • A coroner has said he has seen no evidence that Archie Battersbee was taking part in an online challenge when he fatally injured himself https://t.co/CASYj4SCcz
  • UK government finds extra 1,400 laws to scrap under Rees-Mogg’s Brexit bill https://t.co/zDcsNrxx2L 
  • Conleth Bradley SC joins Glencree Centre board | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AopEXlBQTj 
  • The Conservatives could gain slightly from a proposed shake-up of England's electoral map, an initial analysis suggests: the party would have won an additional five seats at the last election under new draft parliamentary constituencies https://t.co/bp5a3eSGRF 
  • A woman sexually assaulted by a former police officer while he was on bail has said she was failed by the police and the courts. She spoke out as her attacker, Dominic O'Brien, was jailed for three years https://t.co/faTN5KxFBm

Wednesday

9th November - Law News

Edition 3970: 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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Focus of the Day Article: The latest injunction against HS2 protestors bans nearly everyone anywhere on 170 mile route. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Where there are successive planning permissions relating to the same site, and the later permissions are for changes to one part of a wider development approved in the original planning permission, is the effect of implementing the later permission(s) that the original permission is completely unimplementable? Or can the original permission still be implemented in relation to areas unaffected by the later permission(s)?

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • When are the £324 cost-of-living payments and energy rebates due? https://t.co/auYXGKpBH
  • My legal life: Constanza Vergara Jaakkola, Pérez-Llorca - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MZ0yA4a8
  • A Tory MP has been criticised for using an "outdated" slur in the Commons. Speaking yesterday, Mark Francois referred to Japanese people as "Japs" when asking a question about ship building https://t.co/ZBsvEcRAzO
  • A former lord chief justice said this week that the United Kingdom would face a ‘constitutional catastrophe’ if governments were permitted to make laws without proper parliamentary scrutiny | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZgDjtn4zRT
  • Have you established a firm-wide third-party referral process? - Legal Futures https://t.co/nuEHHQroTj
  • Former #Qatar international Khalid Salman told German broadcaster ZDF that LGBTQ+ people attending the tournament should "accept rules" https://t.co/73VM4txjX
  • Multiple arrests have been made after a second day of widespread disruption by protesters on the M25. The motorway was blocked and gantries were climbed in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey by Just Stop Oil activists https://t.co/5ztzgQUZFZ
  • Overcrowding has eased in recent days, but the "crisis is not over", the head of the Home Affairs Committee of MPs has said: Dame Diana Johnson says the Manston immigration processing site is back to a safe occupancy level of 1,600 people https://t.co/r066JXynCQ
  • Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy told a woman he is accused of trying to rape that her boyfriend was "OK" if they had sex, a court heard https://t.co/bTu0AAPJq
  • McKees appoints Linus Murray as corporate and commercial partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vzgZsdNY2
  • AI project makes Dundee team the last word in protecting online identities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UyLgh2xAn
  • Lawyer in the news: Esther Woolford, Clarke Willmott - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/SP4E7CUJYV
  • Charity specialist absorbs Hall & Birtles | Law Gazette https://t.co/0kv6WXZexb
  • Insurer attitudes forcing more companies to sue for payouts - Legal Futures https://t.co/U3q7IxQpYN
  • ECtHR: UK can extradite man to US despite concern over life imprisonment without parole | Irish Legal News https://t.co/h0hWaZ88y1 
  • Lawyers charging £800 an hour told to revise costs budget | Law Gazette https://t.co/kry5i7Xi6A 
  • Conleth Bradley SC has been appointed to the board of directors of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AopEXlBQTj
  • CPRC to give ‘early notice’ of fixed costs rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/jrc0SwVXge 
  • International judges to visit Mock Court Project | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MhyN26O8UT 
  • Questions about Metamorph intensify after Beaumont Legal sale - Legal Futures https://t.co/F31e17qBRe
  • DWF expands in North America with £27m acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/CvGZ1wXVoM 
  • A notorious Instagram influencer from #Nigeria has been jailed for more than 11 years in the US for his role in an international fraud syndicate. Hushpuppi, real name Ramon Abbas, flaunted his wealthy lifestyle on his page https://t.co/nG1jAXAc6
  • Gavin Williamson has denied further accusations of bullying after an allegation from an official emerged. According to the Guardian, Sir Gavin told a senior civil servant to "slit your throat" and "jump out of the window" when he was defence secretary https://t.co/hqHKBa0WmS
  • Scottish public opinion diverges from rest of UK on taxation, crime and policing | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AKuuCnYNLp
  • Government rules out cohabitation reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/dGUNIK5m4n
  • Senior civil servant claims Gavin Williamson told them to ‘slit your throat’ https://t.co/gVo7WF18zx 
  • Culture-focused multi-disciplinary practice absorbs Yorkshire law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/2cjM5RqF5d
  • LGB Alliance provides ‘public benefit’, court hears, in case brought by trans group - Claim made in final arguments of action brought by Mermaids seeking removal of charitable status from LGB Alliance https://t.co/rA0D5ONStr 
  • Dominic Raab’s dangerous Bill of Rights Bill will resume its parliamentary passage within weeks, according to media reports over the weekend | Law Gazette https://t.co/LJwGC342so
  • The sister of jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah says she "hopes and trusts" that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be able to secure his release while visiting Egypt for COP27 https://t.co/GrasHwVX0Y 
  • Hayes promotes Tim Waghorn to partner and head of banking and financial services | Irish Legal News https://t.co/w8EUiKAVm5