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

Tuesday

8th November - Law News

Edition 3969: 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: I was in prison and saw how power can corrupt officers. Ruth Wyner recalls the inhumanity of incarceration, while John Coffin and GD Stewart and discuss the need for accountability and justice. Full story - Guardian Law
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Egyptian setting for COP27 is a far cry from last year's conference in Glasgow, and so is the mood - a looming global recession, rampant inflation and war in Europe pushing climate down the agenda at perhaps the worst possible time. Hope is threatening to turn into acrimony on the issue of whether rich countries should pay for the devastation already being caused.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Dads on Duty are a team of fathers who patrol Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. They got together after more than 20 students had been arrested for fighting #US https://t.co/mVZZaGqaPO
  • The Magic Circle is 'being attacked from all angles' by US and Big Four competitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yBxHdwTgLN
  • 'Do what you enjoy and makes you fulfilled, and don’t be afraid to move on or switch path' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/61jXkm0rMG 
  • The state of prisons, examined from inside and outside https://t.co/a7iknt3bUy
  • Wannabe barristers have until Friday to apply for Inns scholarships - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RupFTMe5vr
  • Rees-Mogg’s plans to axe all EU laws will cripple Whitehall, says leading Brexiter https://t.co/saiaD2zqG2
  • Asylum seekers 'forced to sleep on cardboard' at Manston immigration centre - Twenty-nine-year-old Samuel says conditions at Manston were grim, with dirty toilets, cold meals and showers, and people having to search for cardboard to bed down on https://t.co/ORgQRqDiSz
  • 'Lawfare' among six new words added to Collins Dictionary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wHncOa2yKp 
  • Court cannot cancel bail for violation of conditions without issuing notice, hearing accused: Kerala High Court Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5s9nKEKSFl 
  • 5 things we learned about life at a global law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ez1Wyhg0Ci 
  • All legal proceedings deemed stayed when moratorium under Section 96 IBC kicks in: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/T51sMWc9xl
  • Grant Shapps has said the Manston asylum processing site was "tipping into becoming an unofficial detention centre" when he briefly served as home secretary last month replacing Braverman https://t.co/qYeFMkG7g4
  • Law Society launches new junior solicitor support network with JLD becoming ‘fully independent’ from Chancery Lane - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KHGJFdRtx1
  • Kerala High Court quashes case against lawyer accused of raping another lawyer on false promise of marriage | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/LsAo8jwRat 
  • How lawyers help their clients through economic uncertainty - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Cgey7u4qkp 
  • Ex-Freshfields partner appointed Court of Appeal judge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gTdoLZg0Ms 
  • Sri Lanka Cricket have suspended Danushka Gunathilaka after he was charged with raping a woman in Sydney. Gunathilaka, 31, has been charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent while at the T20 World Cup in #Australia https://t.co/yPJXNwVJRQ 
  • A climate change protester has climbed an overhead gantry forcing it to be closed between junctions 6 and 7 in Surrey, police said. Activists are staging protests between junctions 8-9, 13-12 southbound and 13-14 https://t.co/USnWRvipnd 
  • Elon Musk says Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a parody account will be permanently suspended https://t.co/lM4OJkSdic
  • Diversity milestones in law and politics - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZTkw2u0k3a 
  • Junior lawyers became 'meme-splainers' for partners working on Musk's Twitter takeover - Legal Cheek https://t.co/B7BdKqEfqv 
  • 10 inspirational Black lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Vq69NOg190

Monday

7th November - Law News

Edition 3968: 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 decline of local newspapers has resulted in court proceedings being less visible to the public, and digital media has so far failed to fill the gap, a parliamentary committee has warned. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Young voters turned out in big numbers for the US presidential contest in 2020. But will they be as motivated to cast their ballots in the midterm elections on 8 November? From TikTok influencers to 20-something candidates, Gen Z is already focused on getting young people to the polls.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A former Magic Circle lawyer makes the case for legal life in the South - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ax1FMaPKqN
  • New powers for forensic science regulator by end of March | Law Gazette https://t.co/JROnEi5tZ2 
  • Macfarlanes teams up with Brunel Law School to launch scholarship 'equivalent to the award of a training contract’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/F9vw1S4WR1
  • Land Registry sets 'truth test' to tackle delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/JvQIcfkbJd
  • A free conference on the growing importance of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the civil justice system will take place on 2 December 2022 | NLJ https://t.co/Y17N81pIMi
  • Lawyers encouraged to participate in Pro Bono Week | Law Gazette https://t.co/UMbn7Oefdt 
  • Black and blind bar grad speaks of smashing ‘triple-glazed glass ceiling’ to pursue barrister dream - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JGmkXsQ0lP
  • Solicitor takes over firm to continue late mother's legacy | Law Gazette https://t.co/YumJU4Int0 
  • A clampdown on the practice of greenwashing investment products has been proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) | NLJ https://t.co/vsKZYHe29N
  • Quantuma’s expands forensic accounting team with new director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mpgidAVvW
  • Totally lacking in knightly manners, Sir Gavin Williamson's expletive-laden text messages to a colleague were "not acceptable", a key ally of the prime minister has said. The messages threatened ex-chief whip Wendy Morton https://t.co/LGd6qceof
  • An extra bank holiday will take place across the UK to mark the coronation of King Charles III next year. It will fall on Monday, 8 May 2023, two days after the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the government said https://t.co/8lqT9pCc7
  • Finding the right law firm for you - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cY7Ud88uPp
  • Russia sanctions force adjournment of three-week trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/kbDxL869u3 
  • Further civil costs reforms may be required, following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Belsner v CAM Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387 | NLJ https://t.co/ij5YBpob3p
  • Lawyers welcome progress on High Court’s new planning and environment division | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8NdtmDrLW
  • Revealed: Law firms' average start work and finish times 2023 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ybe4k6RM
  • Minister slams ‘anti-British’ lawyers for thwarting Rwanda plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/FCzFnh0uK6
  • Clifford Chance launches Polish TC programme for UK law grads - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eSrFaqXvAW
  • Magic Circle v US firms: A moot point - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OzKcTuhvO
  • Meet 70+ leading law firms at the final Virtual Law Fair of 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8Zkf4Fb4Sc
  • SRA conduct rules intrude into private life | Law Gazette https://t.co/ukSChMQHS
  • One of Wales' only ethic minority head teachers has told of the racism she has experienced in her career in a bid to bring about change. Reena Patel said she was called racist names by children when working as a supply teacher in Wales https://t.co/HMfvGNIchP
  • Twitter has confirmed plans to allow users to buy blue-tick verified status. In an update for Apple devices, the company said the feature would be open to users in certain countries who sign up to its Twitter Blue service for $7.99 (£7) per month https://t.co/yJJVtb0W4Y
  • Acceptance of PIAB assessments ‘approaching pre-guidelines levels’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2kZNmrwrNs