Thursday

6th October - Law News

Edition 3936: 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:  Judgment has been given this morning by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the following case: BTI 2014 LLC (Appellant) v Sequana SA and others (Respondents) - [2022] UKSC 25 On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 112 Sequana’s subsidiary was liable to indemnify BAT for costs arising from the clean-up of a polluted river. The directors of the subsidiary resolved that it should pay a substantial dividend to Sequana, without – BAT says – leaving enough money in the subsidiary to pay for the clean-up costs.

Focus of the Day Article: The government has quietly revealed that it will embark on a major review of civil legal aid – but the chief executive of a practitioner group warns it could be too little, too late to prevent the sector shrinking further. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • An advert- and tracker-free search engine launches in the UK, France and Germany on Thursday. Neeva has 600,000 users in the US, where it launched last year https://t.co/r6mSum02pu
  • Scottish ministers have rejected calls to confirm whether King Charles III asked for changes to a Scottish rent freeze bill that could affect tenancies on his Highland estate https://t.co/r0xhMvjtA3
  • Belsner-type claims ‘ridiculous’ and driven by costs chasers, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ly0cHg5eIA
  • King Charles allowed to vet proposed Scottish rent freeze law https://t.co/UIlcVkzxXo
  • Convicted ‘swindler and cheat’ denied return to solicitor profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/0dOFO4kVix
  • Primark will reintroduce women-only fitting rooms after concerns were raised about combined changing spaces. It follows an incident in Cambridge where a woman claimed two men walked in on her in a changing room https://t.co/ho4Pr1Xt2f
  • A primary school targeted by racist abuse online after a visit by the first minister will not quit social media, its head teacher has vowed. Police continue to investigate the comments directed at pupils of St Albert's in Pollokshields, Glasgow https://t.co/cJdPHtx4WS 
  • Big law firms failing to provide "modern digital experience" - Legal Futures https://t.co/GtBGtUNgbs 
  • The Guardian view on digital dangers: after Molly Russell, MPs must act on Instagram and Pinterest, who led the teenager down a self-destructive path https://t.co/mTcL9po7Mk
  • Civil legal aid review in the pipeline, agency reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/5CUkD8N7Pj 
  • Ex-solicitor labelled “disgrace to profession” refused return to practice - Legal Futures https://t.co/mhjollHzpo 
  • Angelina Jolie alleges physical abuse by Brad Pitt in countersuit https://t.co/xoSFwhKf5C 
  • Braverman to renew attacks on ‘abuse’ of asylum rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/if12fDOyaI 
  • Compulsory mediation – an opportunity for small claims triage? - Legal Futures https://t.co/nMiCILpDut
  • Jade McCrossen-Nethercott's rape case was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) because of claims she had an episode of a rare sleep condition called "sexsomnia" https://t.co/ASX5OAF00n
  • #Dutch town falsely linked to satanic paedophiles loses Twitter court case - Judge rules Twitter has ‘done enough’ to remove defamatory tweets about Bodegraven Reeuwijk https://t.co/DCxCrSCSqv
  • Pinsents faces negligence claim for fielding ‘too junior' staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zt0NyTezfK
  • Shortage of solicitors a “real risk” to Northern Ireland - Legal Futures https://t.co/yJrePvO0M5 
  • Legal secretary barred for abuse of City firm’s air miles | Law Gazette https://t.co/0u5RTPF163 
  • Teen held in hospital for months due to lack of secure children’s home place - Case at family court highlights lack of facilities in England for very vulnerable youngsters https://t.co/WbrguEgf4g 
  • Police chiefs in England and Wales have pledged to send an officer to every single burgled home https://t.co/k8oO25McDN 
  • Magistrates' expenses system 'not fit for purpose' | Law Gazette https://t.co/PxjMzs0hdy 
  • Government to launch review of civil legal aid sustainability - Legal Futures https://t.co/4JGhy7wWvo 
  • Mother in Law: Older and wiser – but still learning on the job | Law Gazette https://t.co/KzyUhi4HqK
  • Trump asks supreme court to reverse ruling on classified Mar-a-Lago files #US https://t.co/zjgJkkODqw
  • Vardy to pay Rooney £800,000 now and cover 90% of her costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/7q2Qz59WlR
  • Rees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows: Note setting out business secretary’s views looks for ways to accelerate schemes, including streamlining HSE requirements https://t.co/NLJ44HCKIP

Wednesday

5th October - Law News

Edition 3935: 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:  On Monday 3 October 2022 a special ceremony was held for the swearing in of Lord Richards as a new Justice of the UK Supreme Court. This marks the beginning of the new legal year.

Focus of the Day Article: UK law firms will be unable to provide “transactional legal advisory services” to Russians after the government ratcheted up the sanctions regime yet further. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Growing firm adds another office with Liverpool move | Law Gazette https://t.co/3E8EmpOMk8
  • Young children are dying in growing numbers in #Somalia amid the worst drought to hit the country in 40 years https://t.co/MZYo5QU9Rj 
  • Oath Keepers founder accused of ‘armed rebellion’ on January 6 at trial #US https://t.co/EYN5julKrf
  • A trustee of the transgender kids support charity Mermaids has resigned after reports he spoke at a conference organised by a group that promotes support for paedophiles. Dr Jacob Breslow had attended the B4U-ACT conference in 2011, as a PhD student https://t.co/5kb2avftDi
  • A woman who poured faeces over a memorial to Sir Captain Tom Moore has admitted criminal damage. Madeleine Budd damaged the life-sized statue of the World War Two veteran in Thistley Meadow, in Hatton, Derbyshire, on Friday in an apparent climate protest https://t.co/FR2wscpYoy 
  • News focus: Consolidators are keen for firms to keep their identity | Law Gazette https://t.co/GqOB7DmUm0
  • Victorian boy, 13, has mental capacity to be tried for murder of Declan Cutler, court hears #Australia https://t.co/CfOuQFrroA
  • Thinktank puts ECHR withdrawal back on Tory agenda | Law Gazette https://t.co/i69gwIFPe3 
  • The BBC has reached a settlement with Earl Spencer's former head of security, after his bank statements were forged by Martin Bashir to help secure an interview with Princess Diana https://t.co/7jL5ag2w4f
  • Solicitor's overcharging warning to firm was a protected disclosure - Legal Futures https://t.co/7WSv8DJIQo 
  • European MPs have voted for a law requiring all new portable devices to use the same type of charging cable. Smartphones and tablets, including the Apple iPhone and iPad, would have to use a USB-C charger from 2024 https://t.co/nRXDqs3yE6
  • Rebekah Vardy must pay an estimated £1.5m towards Coleen Rooney's legal costs after losing a defamation case earlier this year, a judge has ruled https://t.co/s1k9uEXLp
  • Society edges closer to nuclear option on legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/jDf11GsGan
  • New lord chancellor leads events to mark opening of the legal year | Law Gazette https://t.co/1ibeoR60B
  • An inquest has been opened into the police killing of Chris Kaba, who was shot by armed police in south London. Coroner Andrew Harris offered his condolences to the family of the 24-year-old https://t.co/mNtLw7MCne
  • Calais migrants: Smugglers cause fresh problems for police https://t.co/RP3WnHASDZ
  • Belsner: Lawyers await ‘costs case of the decade’ ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wa62fSr3D4 
  • Panicked solicitor under-settled claim and misled client - Legal Futures https://t.co/Zsk09uOtbk 
  • Trump sues CNN for defamation and seeks $475m in punitive damages #US https://t.co/tUs868Zdce
  • Lawyer in the news: ​Michelle Victor, Leigh Day - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/c9GDT28kBO
  • Law professor Danielle Citron: ‘Privacy is essential to human flourishing’ https://t.co/3FC6ldXR3c
  • The judge appointed to lead the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry is resigning from the role. Lady Poole was appointed in December to chair the inquiry https://t.co/708r7Id37k
  • Emergency legislation aimed at freezing most rents until the end of March 2023 has been introduced by the Scottish government. There are exceptions where a landlord faces increased property costs, mortgage interest payments and some insurance costs https://t.co/T9Egk73WG9 
  • The first preliminary hearing of the UK Covid public inquiry will begin later. The session, in London, will focus on the UK's pandemic preparedness before 2020 https://t.co/rKp8BNXFOu 
  • According to a report to governors at the trust which runs the Edenfield Centre, the Care Quality Commission noted its "strong, motivated leaders", however suspended the rating only after a television investigation into abuse https://t.co/7PXBor6yzm
  • Nick Kyrgios seeks dismissal of assault case on mental health grounds #Australia https://t.co/dMbIGCX8b9
  • Supermarket push to cut waste hits food bank donations - Food waste charity Fareshare has seen a drop of around 200 tonnes in supermarket surplus donations every month this summer https://t.co/ool3xC81dQ
  • UK law firms banned from handling transactional work for Russians - Legal Futures https://t.co/ore8wIAPuv 
  • I’d like inheritance tax to be abolished, says UK Treasury minister https://t.co/g4socFpgnK
  • Co-op Legal profits double as business continues to grow | Law Gazette https://t.co/KwNmtlyaCJ 
  • Suella Braverman to consider giving anonymity to suspected criminals - The home secretary criticised the ‘media circus’ surrounding high-profile people wrongly accused of sexual abuse https://t.co/h8A4eloHMm 
  • Madras High Court orders blocking of over 13,000 websites to prevent piracy of Vikram Vedha Hindi remake | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6r7Yqq9iI1
  • Revenue, profit and staff numbers up at Co-op Legal Services - Legal Futures https://t.co/LYiQuvwP8s

Tuesday

4th October - Law News

Edition 3934: 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 UK government has confirmed it is abandoning its plan to abolish the top rate of income tax for the highest earners following a growing backlash. The U-turn comes after several senior Tory MPs voiced their opposition to the plan, announced just 10 days ago in the mini-budget.
 

Focus of the Day Article: Nearly The American professor of law Danielle Citron talks about her new book on the fight for data privacy, the personal dossiers brokers build on us and how, post-Roe v Wade, women’s data in the US may be weaponised. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #US supreme court rejects MyPillow chief’s bid to dodge $1.3bn lawsuit | US politics | The Guardian https://t.co/o7ePQuFNnL 
  • Kaplan offers more SQE testing spots in response to high demand - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AenIRBMvjv 
  • Criminal justice: A system on its knees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7e0fpOnDIP 
  • How a serial tech entrepreneur is transforming a global law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dQ09FhdQv3
  • Kerala High Court stays proceedings against actor Sreenath Bhasi booked for using filthy language during interview | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/feusWnotYS
  • Excellence in commercial real estate — a case study on Edinburgh’s St James Quarter - Legal Cheek https://t.co/H6zy8M8kR
  • Supreme Court rejects plea raising issues with EVMs; imposes ₹50k costs on petitioner | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Vg6fRswM3q
  • Human rights not a defence to protesters causing ‘significant’ criminal damage, Court of Appeal rules - Legal Cheek https://t.co/K7CKMACWqX
  • [Jubilee Hills gang rape] Juvenile Justice Board recommends trying four minors as adults since they understood consequences of the act | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/oW9qLJdUL2 
  • Top tips for law freshers from a future trainee - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dzrLFMaLhT
  • Office of Governor and its Secretariat are part of State Government: Rajasthan High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pDwNu85ms7
  • Does size matter for law firms? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QO96oT9Vf3
  • Violent scenes at a prestigious university in Tehran overnight, as anti-government protests continue to sweep #Iran https://t.co/myBE140r
  • The #US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged influencer Kim Kardashian for advertising EthereumMax on her Instagram page. It said she received $250,000 (£223,000) in exchange for advertising https://t.co/nddOh3N2Ks 
  • [The Viewpoint] New Age Litigation in the NFT Regime | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ttIFTvOqfE
  • How law students can boost their employability - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5OLuigLKzf 
  • Bank of England strikes SQE training deal with ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O9OOtSAU4M 
  • The government has U-turned on plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax, the chancellor has confirmed. Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the proposals, announced just 10 days ago, had become "a massive distraction on what was a strong package" https://t.co/9ULouh0OD
  • Wrong to ask developing countries to halt projects citing climate change: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9UJqU82rG
  • Law firm partner apologises after wearing blackface to work fancy dress party - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rTDy3MMD5D
  • Do law firms care which A-Levels I do? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EZMMrGlFNg
  • SRA allows former trainee barred for stalking to work for criminal defence firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7ttqGaMW9X

Monday

3rd October - Law News

Edition 3933: 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:  Danish authorities say they can now begin inspecting the damaged Nord Stream pipelines after they stopped spewing gas. It is still unclear what caused the pipelines to start leaking close to the Danish island of Bornholm. It has long played a strategic role between the West and Russia

Focus of the Day Article: Nearly 3,000 prisoners subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, an indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012, should be resentenced immediately, the House of Commons’ Justice Committee has urged in a withering report. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • UK law firms recognised for ‘family-friendly working’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wsVGo0yGi
  • Nearly 3,000 prisoners subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, an indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012, should be resentenced immediately | NLJ https://t.co/5AnwyBQNDU
  • How a junior brother judge did not allow five judgments to be delivered: Supreme Court Justice Indira Banerjee reveals | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/YMeE06AX8
  • RT @NoraNoralla: Me trying to explain international human rights law to civil society activists: https://t.co/kqxOwWuqfj
  • Two men have been charged over the alleged assault of a man who heckled Prince Andrew as he walked behind the Queen's coffin https://t.co/ARR2Ltmb2
  • News focus: Labour's justice agenda does not include legal aid? | Law Gazette https://t.co/SlgnG1IqIe
  • India's new Attorney General, Senior Advocate R Venkataramani: Spotlight this week | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qnDGd19pnY
  • Government legal panels are overwhelmingly lacking when it comes to ethnic diversity, according to a new report from the Bar Council | NLJ https://t.co/bCCcdSsBLj
  • Ombudsman admits to losing a quarter of staff every year | Law Gazette https://t.co/odYgGGBJGV
  • Meghalaya High Court deprecates nepotism, "uncle culture" in appointments to government jobs; imposes ₹3 lakh costs on State | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/IKP76bfGmJ
  • The Weekly Round-up: Arbitration discrimination, sanctions against Iran, and HS2 injunction - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/shqbymQLoJ 
  • Iranian American held in Tehran for seven years granted temporary release - Siamak Namazi, convicted along with father on espionage charges, freed from Evin prison on one-week renewable furlough https://t.co/oXBgIKNqd7
  • Thousands of survivors of historic child abuse are falling through the cracks and unable to access vital mental health support, a child abuse lawyer has warned https://t.co/UxFRWTjyaC 
  • Solicitors will take ‘appropriate action’ without pay deal, group warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/GaE2kz8LDW
  • The number of solicitors on the roll has reached an all-time high, and one in four practising certificate (PC) holders work in-house | NLJ https://t.co/FHCNS4fwJR
  • King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’ https://t.co/SrHRCCAc2S
  • At least 174 people have died in a stampede at an #Indonesian football match that has become one of the world's worst stadium disasters. About 180 were also hurt in the crush after home team Arema FC lost to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium https://t.co/e45ffdqJsx
  • Life as a junior lawyer at one of Ireland’s leading law firms - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6TbrgMV6gg
  • Lawyers have expressed caution about a Home Office economic crime bill with enhanced powers to search and seize suspected criminal cryptoassets, increase economic transparency and tackle money laundering https://t.co/thNjxTgVxN
  • The Law Commission has set out proposals to amend the Arbitration Act 1996 by streamlining cases and increasing protection for arbitrators | NLJ https://t.co/2QJJsM36PK
  • London firm goes into administration in its 150th year | Law Gazette https://t.co/GfpIuVWvM2 
  • Ministers warn of scammers posing as energy bill support scheme https://t.co/bzTwny3Uuu
  • Dishonest solicitor ‘too embarrassed’ to tell bosses of her mistake | https://t.co/aUXBQisvb
  • Akin Gump caps salary exchange rate following drop in pound - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NVBwRHygsi

Sunday

2nd October - Law News

Edition 3932: 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's been no let-up in Iran's biggest protests since 2019, which have seen unprecedented footage of public burnings of the hijab. Despite disruptions to the internet, popular unrest has flared for a sixth day across the country over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year old Kurdish woman had been detained by the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab. We ask our panel: how far will this women's rights movement go?

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Barrister (Church Court Chambers’ Michael Fullerton), performs guitar solo to raise awareness for criminal bar strikes - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cmqQBaxkfo
  • How the law is failing domestic abuse victims https://t.co/NwDwoEBDJx
  • Tinkering with the SDLT regime adds fuel to the fire | Law Gazette https://t.co/GaSxBpkd8W
  • What legal protections do revenge porn victims have at work in the #US? https://t.co/a1KiRiSFCx 
  • Solicitors Qualifying Examination - one year on and what’s next - Legal Futures https://t.co/n0IQx2hp67 
  • Thomas Cashman, 34, of West Derby, Liverpool charged with Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder, also been charged with the attempted murder of Olivia's mother Cheryl Korbel and Joseph Née https://t.co/pyY8VN9V6G
  • Personal data compromised in conveyancing IT crash | Law Gazette https://t.co/8CvE1Dfqqs
  • Playboy club dancer was not employed by firm, tribunal finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/2n24fvGFuC
  • Solicitor who took Ince public reaches deal to leave business - Legal Futures https://t.co/E9imaidjr6
  • Lawyers’ dismay as whiplash tariff review confirmed for 2024 | Law Gazette https://t.co/GgnEE729wN
  • Essex man jailed over £226m Caribbean holiday homes ‘Ponzi scheme’ - Judge tells David Ames he is a ‘menace to anybody unfortunate enough to do business with you’https://t.co/zjzb7f0isf
  • Law Society warns MoJ: We may tell solicitors to leave crime work - Legal Futures https://t.co/HrZ3EhRpu5 
  • God’s Creatures is a film on why rapists are protected. Its makers are asking why distributors won’t pick it up https://t.co/OD8VNZqdxH
  • Law Society mulls nuclear option on criminal legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/DtfbZp8iGs
  • Solicitor pioneer of four-day working week extols virtues - Legal Futures https://t.co/IqXMpfpRym
  • Ince to consolidate in UK and restructure in Europe and Asia | Law Gazette https://t.co/rX2ItUazg5 
  • #Denmark and #Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders by Danish doctors https://t.co/qqhFGR11B2 
  • UK visa delays ‘causing rent, employment and healthcare issues’ https://t.co/yZFk8MvaHb 
  • Student taken on as consultant solicitor's secretary was not employee of firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/eKzv4net2B
  • The online safety bill’s progress through parliament has been paused, but it is hard to see that delay lasting much longer after the conclusion of the Molly Russell inquest, any change would be a defeat for free speech https://t.co/awR1GWiHeo
  • Carson McDowell retains all Belfast trainees as newly-qualified solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/B3Xkq5sRoB
  • Eurasian beavers have been recognised as a European protected species in England, making it illegal to capture, kill, injure or disturb them. The move limits measures previously available to "control" beavers https://t.co/eRKusqeBWV
  • Lidl ordered to destroy its Lindt-like chocolate bunnies by Swiss court https://t.co/ouustO8nKR 
  • LawNewsIndex: 30th September - Law News https://t.co/FzsBoJEzyj
  • Fiona Kindness joins Addleshaw Goddard | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PGaKv7GXpp 
  • Matheson launches new University of Limerick scholarship | Irish Legal News https://t.co/PzHQ3To5R5 
  • Senior corporate appointments at Shoosmiths | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fEF4zXk3xw 
  • TLT’s Belfast office celebrates new diversity accreditation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3rympS5r2h
  • US ABS reform is "spurring innovation" - Legal Futures https://t.co/SFJSlISbxg

Saturday

1st October - Law News

Edition 3931: 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:  Shashi Tharoor apologised "unconditionally" for a blunder in his manifesto for the Congress chief's election — a map of India in it did not have parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. He shared  corrected versions after social media users attacked him over it, particularly BJP supporters on Twitter where he has more than 8 million followers


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Irish authorities warned they are dropping the ball on human trafficking | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7lpwRzpeL4
  • Tinkering with the SDLT regime adds fuel to the fire | Law Gazette https://t.co/GaSxBpkd8W
  • Lev Tahor, the extremist Jewish sect, held at a facility in #Mexico and associated with teaching and sexual crimes, have fled their jungle base after a police raid at the premise https://t.co/0j7d0dnKU4 
  • Some African and Asian patients who were given contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s and 80s feel they have been "let down" compared with people who were born in the UK, an inquiry has heard https://t.co/UOXlJ9EfzU
  • The search for the body of one of the Moors murderers' victims has restarted after "potential human remains" were found on moorland, police have said https://t.co/cAdIeuSBsF
  • Legislators urged to grasp nettle of social media regulation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2hJ5yDZvBD
  • Soophia Khan bids to overturn strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/7AhudCvAB
  • Gillespie Macandrew appoints five newly qualified solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RbLh7LPJZn
  • Pandemic has created new norm of “constant work” - and more errors - Legal Futures https://t.co/zSCOwpbO8G
  • Diversity and inclusion framework: how the legal profession can create lasting change | Law Gazette https://t.co/eXv44VsRWh 
  • Diversity scholarship awarded to UCC law students | Irish Legal News https://t.co/WcQVplCqjF 
  • Lawyers’ dismay as whiplash tariff review confirmed for 2024 | Law Gazette https://t.co/GgnEE6KyFf
  • MoJ rejects call for early review of whiplash tariff - Legal Futures https://t.co/30JtrIMbto 
  • Bar protests resume as talks continue | Law Gazette https://t.co/8D6zyIRyUh 
  • The Guardian view on indefinite sentences: still blighting thousands of lives | Editorial https://t.co/jkrgYOyji8
  • Brandon Lewis said it is a ‘huge honour to become lord chancellor’ as he was formally sworn in to the post at the Royal Courts of Justice in London | Law Gazette https://t.co/RFiBYqlUS4
  • Lawyer and business executive Ruth Nic Aoidh has been appointed as interim chief executive officer of Paralympics Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QUHnUbmuLH
  • Lawyers “cannot hide from responsibility” for client actions - Legal Futures https://t.co/1Ee9W8FQlC
  • Law Society mulls nuclear option on criminal legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/DtfbZppU52 
  • The trial of a former British soldier in connection with Bloody Sunday in 1972 was delayed after an administrative error saw lawyers directed to the wrong court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/13JX6JJmLZ
  • Ombudsman admits to losing a quarter of staff every year | Law Gazette https://t.co/odYgGGTkyt 
  • Judges wrong to bail defendants due to barristers’ strike, high court rules https://t.co/Vyq9tGgfSV 
  • Last week, Australian telecommunications giant Optus revealed about 10 million customers - about 40% of the population - had personal data stolen in what it calls a cyber-attack https://t.co/I8rraq0J5R 
  • Solicitor censured after turning up at Glasgow Sheriff Court with cannabis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mXKCs756KO
  • Firms offered roadmap to diversity and inclusion | Law Gazette https://t.co/JVZxgKuklV 
  • Private client specialist banned for backdating LPA signatures - Legal Futures https://t.co/MBMeWXCr4k
  • Groundbreaking research project brings together black youth and gardaí in Blanchardstown | Irish Legal News https://t.co/I3VU9FJm7y 
  • Colston four: protesters cannot rely on ‘human rights’ defence, top judge rules - Acquittal of four who toppled statue unchanged but appeal court decision could affect future trials for ‘significant’ criminal damage https://t.co/jKKUIer7ch
  • Ince settles former chief's claim with £15,000 payouts | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUQxuGUGcy 
  • Liam Moloney elected vice-president of PEOPIL | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8mNzyGMylT 
  • Partner misconduct allegations – getting the investigation right - Legal Futures https://t.co/QP06avxn7l
  • NAH boss urges more personal injury firms to advertise on TV - Legal Futures https://t.co/DhMgh6Exvo 
  • A #US citizen accused of causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn by dangerous driving has appeared in court via videolink. Anne Sacoolas, 45, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court accused of causing the 19-year-old's death https://t.co/xcJcbN5lPI