1st December - Law News

Edition 3992: 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: A multi-million-pound group legal action against universities over Covid and strike disruption could extend to law schools, the Gazette has learned – as the number of law students joining the claim approaches 3,000. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Australia's federal government says it is on track to achieve a 40 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, which falls short of its projected target of 43 per cent. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Government promises three-part test to stop SLAPP cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/0mnKttdyPE 
• Bar chief: regulator should tell LSB to 'butt out' | Law Gazette https://t.co/6SXbeogsz1
  
• Pioneering apprentices qualify as solicitors at leading law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/X3jxNkZFtI 
• NHS England waiting times for gender dysphoria patients unlawful, court hears https://t.co/Y8nkVu4Ze9
• Westminster commission to investigate forensic science concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/S0bNjFgoPW 
• An off-duty police officer raped a woman by the side of a road after showing his warrant card and quizzing her about her driving licence, a court has heard. Metropolitan Police officer Paul Hoile was drunk at the time of the attack https://t.co/32Zbtai9Mh
  
• Mastercard fails to throw out class of 'dead claimants' | Law Gazette https://t.co/IyHpvIS3J2 
• James McAvoy's Cyrano de Bergerac co-stars 'racially abused' in Glasgow https://t.co/UvMMUnbUhl 
• Solicitor had “massive holes” in accounts knowledge - Legal Futures https://t.co/0zynNufL9r 
• #US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump https://t.co/qfebxgjwDv 
• A Buckingham Palace household member has apologised and resigned over "unacceptable comments" made to a black British guest at a reception hosted by the Queen Consort https://t.co/kJQfYoQbG2 
• Turns out the power-hungry SRA couldn’t be trusted | Law Gazette https://t.co/W2YWVUBTZZ 
• Injured patients "should not feel they need a lawyer immediately" - Legal Futures https://t.co/iU4HTnoGn4 
• Client ID checks are not enough, SRA says in new sanctions guide | Law Gazette https://t.co/oMoZ4qFdRV
• Warning for profession, help for public - SRA steps up SLAPPs pressure - Legal Futures https://t.co/c19INsfxgx 
• No legal compulsion to get vaccinated; government cannot be held liable for deaths from COVID vaccine: Central government to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/HfFdooXMrI 
• Democracy is at risk. We can’t let oligarchs exploit British courts to silence their critics https://t.co/q0PfU3mHWZ
  
• Alison Scott joins MBM Commercial | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tMTysm8Fw3 
• Senior media figures call for law to stop oligarchs silencing UK journalists https://t.co/d8iWZn2VNB
  
• Appointments at McCash & Hunter | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AvyrP23oOs 
• Futher strikes have been announced over the rollout of a courts case management system following a meeting between trade union PCS and HM Courts & Tribunals Service | Law Gazette https://t.co/pRs5XEX33H
• Twitter says it has stopped enforcing its policy on misleading information about coronavirus. According to the company's website, it stopped taking action against tweets breaching its Covid rules, on Wednesday, 23 November https://t.co/EgrY1o2fJn 
• ‘Exposed to horrendous things’: young people in UK speak out against evangelical church - Ex-followers of Universal Church of the Kingdom of God say they felt pressure to give money and were told demons caused mental health issues https://t.co/W1XgRkihYH 
• NI High Court: Judge upholds Will where testamentary capacity was not proven for ‘confused’ hospitalised testator | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7I4y3EIM9G
• Allahabad High Court directs judge to appear in person after noting his "habit of committing impropriety" | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/m6bsz5jZfT 
• Appointments at McCash & Hunter | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AvyrP2l0d2

30th November - Law News

Edition 3991: 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: A campaign group for people injured by their healthcare is calling for more publicly funded advice and advocacy so they no longer feel that they have to go “straight to a lawyer”. Full story - Legal Futures 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Neil Basu was in charge of some of Britain's biggest policing operations of the last decade. The most senior serving ethnic minority officer in the country, as head of counter-terrorism he was the man at the very top during the Manchester Arena bombing, the London Bridge attack and the Salisbury poisonings.  Tonight, hours before leaving the Metropolitan Police, he's been speaking exclusively to this programme about battles with his own colleagues on racism, falling out with the government, protecting the royals - and the inside story of the terror plots he foiled, and those he didn't.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The leader of a far-right militia has been found guilty of plotting to stop US President Joe Biden from taking office after the 2020 election https://t.co/r701GCSaQX
  
• Best of the blogs - 26 November 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/OyerqAwTBc 
• It's disability, not inability – that's why I want to be remembered! | Law Gazette https://t.co/p4bJaWGvi5 
• Lawyer in the news: Kelly Darlington, Farleys - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/QrV8POFspG 
• Solicitor struck off for single incident of "manifest incompetence" - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y9bC7Wg8lc 
• Solicitors should not police economic crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/oZ1nyPUilS 
• Parents warned Christmas puppy purchases could fund organised crime gang networks | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b34BSIGreK 
• A man has been arrested over the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last year https://t.co/woSDQpnf4o 
• SRA finds major flaws with supervision of immigration solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNNkWVHWfn
  
• UK condemns ‘abhorrent’ torture of death row inmate in #Saudi Arabia - highest level’ and demands end to executions https://t.co/Q7u0Dq8Eur
  
• Metamorph mystery deepens as Stockdale returns to group board - Legal Futures https://t.co/sr7HoH81IC
  
• Immensa lab errors may have led to 23 Covid-19 deaths https://t.co/L8G4TYpLtI 
• My legal life: Zane Shihab, Armstrong Teasdale - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/BK4T0fppoq 
• Lawscot Challenge returns to test students’ legal skills | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HIWupanSpc 
• Solicitor hit by £15,000 fine as SRA wields new power | Law Gazette https://t.co/RbUHY3Fmu4 
• Lucy the labrador provides support as Australia’s first full-time court dog #Australia https://t.co/gFMw0cNPO4 
• Court of Appeal rules against EasyJet again on flight delay claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/1rkza0vIoF 
• #China's protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down. A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some gatherings were quelled or failed to materialise https://t.co/Fgsh5fLIFW 
• Controversial measures which would have forced big technology platforms to take down legal but allegedly harmful material, have been axed from the Online Safety Bill https://t.co/j63kmzYKKS 
• Former QC selection chief in line to lead judicial appointments | Law Gazette https://t.co/jVyzkoUjUo
• Owen Paterson’s lawyers admit irony of his seeking ECHR’s help https://t.co/hKBiu72s7k 
• SRA issues new warning on solicitors using SLAPPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/5p9JY9rrP3 
• ILN’s primer series becomes a book – Practical Jurisprudence: Attempts to make legal philosophy interesting out now! | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IevvwF3Y6y 
• Leasehold extension specialist with “social aim” launches ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/Kbh4J0or8C 
• Barristers face Beijing ban on Hong Kong national security law cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/YSYQGEHNMp 
• Fundamental right to propagate religion under Article 25 does not include right to convert: Central government to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/hWMR1kbxx0 
• Man in critical condition after being shot by police in Somerset - Officers were investigating possible firearms offences when incident took place in Wick St Lawrence, say police https://t.co/GK3ftKZ3c1 
• Animal vaccine company succeeds in defending $53m class action - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9IltRS6T3E 
• Climate protesters target Eversheds' London office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dHNfVxco4c

29th November - Law News

Edition 3990: 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: Parents warned Christmas puppy purchases could fund organised crime gang networks. Full story - Scottish Legal News 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: In 2020, the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced one of the harshest Covid lockdowns in the world, causing nearly 200 million migrant labourers to be stranded without wages, food and housing.  Many undertook long journeys to return to their home villages, while others, caught in limbo with their families, were forced to wait, living on the street or under the flyovers they had once laboured to build.  And as workers' rights eroded, the push for unionisation gathered momentum in the country. Filmed in Mumbai, this documentary reveals the deep divide between those who have and those who do not, while questioning the actions of India's leader.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Harnessing resilience when working with difficult clients - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/l0pPllkfmS 
• It can be hard to distinguish the cultural claims of right and left. Just look at Qatar https://t.co/N4AzPa2kr3 
• The importance of ‘shame-free conversations’ in sex ed - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9A6nz2D0KH 
• Top chambers boost pupillage awards as talent war intensifies - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ub2vR4Jh6L 
• [The Viewpoint] Securities Law Update | Liability of a Company Secretary for Wrong Disclosure in a Listed Company | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/prflhC7HXU 
• The troubled crypto firm BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy in the US, as the dramatic collapse of FTX continues to reverberate across the industry. The company had already halted most activity on its platform, citing "significant exposure" to FTX https://t.co/hKmFnAGlbR
  
• A drug "super cartel" that controlled about a third of Europe's cocaine supply has been dismantled, police have announced. Dubbed Operation Desert Light, 49 people were arrested across six European countries, the EU's police agency, Europol, said https://t.co/Af8VnOx3u4 
• National Grid has decided not to activate a scheme on Tuesday to help the UK avoid power cuts after being poised to do so. It would have seen some households offered discounts on their electricity bills if they cut peak-time use https://t.co/efxm5KlLmE
• How lawyers can better engage neuropsychologists - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/klm06UFrRR 
• The varied work of a corporate partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bPjcQw4peJ 
• Partners must embrace change to succeed - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9jwq07xrgZ 
• Ban for trainee solicitor who gave unqualified immigration advice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6il1xnV7wL
  
• Wellcome Collection closes 'racist, sexist and ableist' Medicine Man display https://t.co/zP5oy1GF2q
• Pop star Dua Lipa has been granted #Albanian citizenship for promoting the country through her music and fame. The star was born in London in 1995 to Kosovan-Albanian parents, and briefly returned to the region as a teenager https://t.co/NpTNpweUkr 
• #Chinese police beat a BBC journalist in Shanghai and briefly arrested him while he was covering anti-government lockdown protests gripping the nation. Ed Lawrence was detained at the main protest in the city on Sunday, https://t.co/wEqc5Cphdm 
• Bill of Rights risks driving big law firms out the UK, Law Society warns - Legal Cheek https://t.co/svTNXAbHc2
  
• The government has warned energy firms not to hike direct debit payments for customers who are making "huge efforts" to cut usage https://t.co/EDTIi1wQeT 
• Delhi High Court orders Telegram to disclose identities of channel operators sharing Dainik Jagran ePapers sans authorisation | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cIx0vwaGqs 
• The path to training at a listed law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jUWTMkLpND 
• Shahdara Bar Association introduces new dress code for law interns in court premises from December 1 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1tnWTr22wg 
• Tributes pour in after TikTok star solicitor Richard Grogan dies - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pAQNz3HRQk 
• Simmons hands out £1,500 cost-of-living bonus to staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NGp6RjTZxY 
• Just Stop Oil expected to begin two weeks of action in London from Monday. Scotland Yard believes environmental activist group will launch two weeks of ‘disruption’ in the capital before Christmas https://t.co/c4j73ZtRzD 
• #US Soccer Federation displayed Iran’s national flag on social media, in a now-deleted graphic, without the emblem of the Islamic Republic https://t.co/9a4x1Wo25b 
• Wagatha Christie hits the West End - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ToVDpaUkts

28th November - Law News

Edition 3989: 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: Personal injury lawyers have been given an extra six months’ reprieve on the implementation of the fixed costs regime for civil litigation. Full story - New Law Journal 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: From truck drivers in Chile and South Korea to rail workers and nurses in the UK, a global cost of living crisis is pushing workers to go on strike. Economies, barely recovering from the pandemic, are now facing more hardship. The war in Ukraine, a climate crisis and the price of food and fuel have pushed several countries beyond their ability to cope. The UN says the cost of living crisis is the worst the world has experienced so far in the 21st century. Is this challenge too big for many governments?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Legal Twitter divided over review of barrister's book - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Po6yndKOyK 
• The Weekly Round-up: Cop27 deals, advertising restrictions, and online safety - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/EJnPUHv1Ma 
• Lord Chief Justice to retire - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j0tcgjuN4E 
• #Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family’s slave past - Richard Drax reported to have visited Caribbean island for meeting on next steps, including plans for former sugar plantation https://t.co/hnJ7ORZMwG 
• A man whose body was found dumped on a street covered in "potentially hazardous" substances had been shot and attacked with acid, police said. Liam Smith's body was discovered on Kilburn Drive in Shevington, Wigan, at about 19:00 BST on Thursday https://t.co/Jnb07rTE7d 
• Protests in China against strict Covid measures have intensified, with some people publicly venting their anger at the Communist Party leaders. Thousands of protesters have turned out in Shanghai, where the BBC has seen people bundled into police cars https://t.co/vHGHFflp8L 
• Report reveals 'most feared' law firms - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4fNj0viJLE 
• Family of man killed over a decade ago demand apology from gardaí | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SQK1byKnBs
  
• Painful lessons about the duty of candour (more on the unlawful seizure of migrants’ mobiles) - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ccFGECprni 
• Why I chose to be an energy lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P7r3nfBW8h 
• Removal of gametes from brain dead man would breach his rights to privacy: Court of Protection - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/0EqxwAZGU3 
• King Charles visits legal London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/88KgBzndpX 
• British soldier guilty of manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in 1988 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HoZjv24oMf 
• ‘Can I wear a nose piercing to my winter vac scheme?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OYhq3D9xPn 
• The beginning of a pushback against Article 2 inquests? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5bgpqO0m4j 
• High Court: Plaintiff’s second actions should not be dismissed as she did not receive a determination of issues in first action | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Kly182l40T 
• Covid: Over 2,000 law students join group action over lost learning - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2FiF3Ay4om 
• Revealed: half of English police forces fail to meet standards in crime investigations https://t.co/hs0aMGhSBV 
• The path to a training contract is rarely straightforward - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BqHS3uTgA3 
• Meta seeks government protection from Rees-Mogg’s EU law bonfire https://t.co/SYcWUtsqG0 
• Brexit blow: exports to Japan slump after ‘landmark’ free trade deal. First such accord after leaving EU was predicted to bring £15bn boost but UK now lags rivals https://t.co/Pq2GCNdcUc 
• Society condemns Home Office asylum delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/v6HBmlwg4d 
• Baroness Hale badged 'affable member' of Inn 'staff' by newspaper - Legal Cheek https://t.co/w0ptIIMVm7
  
• Key points from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week | NLJ https://t.co/VePl99Dguj 
• How to make the most of your legal software investment - Legal Futures https://t.co/W5CZiSddWl 
• Early legal advice scheme piloted in hospital | Law Gazette https://t.co/nRJfAveOOG