24th January - Law News

Edition 4044: 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 Law News/Article: Can victims of crime hope for justice from a crumbling system? As every police force in England and Wales begins reviewing abuse allegations against its officers, the underfunded legal system is already buckling under a vast backlog. Full story - Guardian Law  

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Rishi Sunak was in Northampton earlier to launch a mental health policy, but instead had to use the event to announce an investigation into one of his own cabinet ministers.  Revelations over Nadhim Zahawi's HMRC penalty have raised questions over the Prime Minister's commitment to rebuilding standards. Meanwhile, the man who oversaw their perceived collapse, Boris Johnson, dismissed as 'nonsense' the accusation he helped the BBC's chairman into the job in return for help securing a loan, now also the subject of a Whitehall probe.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Can't imagine Universe without cows; all problems on Earth will be solved if cow slaughter is prevented: Gujarat Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Ic8VNuyXTE
  
• Over a third of legal workers hate their boss, research finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VPcMLNcSpO
• UK offers qualified backing for tribunal to prosecute Russia’s leaders https://t.co/BBokYJ6Y54
• Linklaters keeps 48 of 51 spring qualifying trainee solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Sf6zUsBqOF
  
• Major legal aid practice sold for just £200,000 upfront in pre-pack - Legal Futures https://t.co/tajEJIGEy3
• 5 tips to secure pupillage - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X2BCLbegMa
• World Athletics proposes new transgender eligibility rules https://t.co/o9TRyAOQE6
  
• ‘Dirty wee torturers’: Northern Irish man tells of British army abuse during Troubles https://t.co/HG5iEFXilG
• Teach aspiring lawyers to use ChatGPT, says top law prof - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TW2Q6WKiO
• Former Wagner Group commander who fled to #Norway arrested by police. Andrey Medvedev, who is seeking asylum after claiming to witness war crimes in Ukraine, fears deportation to Russia https://t.co/ejV7AMl43d
• #France to take legal action over ‘nightmare’ plastic pellet spill https://t.co/ME06axfqHb
• As a police officer, I was asked to undermine an alleged rape victim – I wish I could say it was a one-off | The secret police officer https://t.co/3AO7nnitKf 
• At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in the #Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the English Premier League https://t.co/iDhfClqiXE 
• One man has been found guilty of a knifepoint robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish. Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green in Lewisham, south-east London, broke into Mr Cavendish's home in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021 https://t.co/PmqYLotdqR 
• Love Island legal contestants: where are they now? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/t92H7TRPJa 
• Family wins high court fight for fresh inquest into stabbing of Yousef Makki https://t.co/Ad9D3Jlp1H 
• Why we strike – eight workers on their reasons for joining the picket line in Britain’s new winter of discontent https://t.co/LNfLw81ftm
• 30 important Judgments on Arbitration by Indian Courts [June- December 2022] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mdZfDOqtm6 
• 3 ways that changing the way you work can change your life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NCPnS0Sl18
• "We need to stop bias against those with obesity Brendan Fraser: We need to stop bias against those with obesity". Brendan Fraser is riding the award season wave with his latest movie The Whale https://t.co/ut8oUMNGrG
• California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van #US https://t.co/X97Vh3dqM2
  
• Unless we start paying junior lawyers well, we cannot have a democratised bar: CJI DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qp37Nr84fh 
• Matteo Messina Denaro: How silence and compliance kept Mafia boss at large https://t.co/Gnic9w5IBz
  
• BSB returns to “part fund” Legal Choices website - Legal Futures https://t.co/C62ZWtlWhs
  
• NQ lawyer pay at Milbank hits £166k following exchange rate adjustment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YXAaASQuv0
• 6 ways law students can overcome the Monday Blues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0JeApxcdf4 
• An "unscheduled" safeguarding audit and review has been launched in the Catholic church following claims of lockdown gatherings in Newcastle https://t.co/mF9au36R10
  
• ‘Underappreciated’ lawyers likely to quit, research reveals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XCdiiOaD5s
• 'How many training contracts should I apply for?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7eqCGj7BNY
  
• Wales rugby: Charlotte Wathan said a male colleague said in front of others in an office that he wanted to "rape" her https://t.co/qB1kYtUpDo

23rd January - Law News

Edition 4043: 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 Law News/Article: Personal injury lawyers have welcomed aspects of a landmark Court of Appeal decision on mixed injury cases, although some warned it could create ‘more uncertainty’. Full story - New Law Journal  

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd (Respondent) v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd (Appellant) - Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd (Blacks) rented commercial retail premises from Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd (S&H) pursuant to two leases dated 2013 and 2018 respectively (the Leases). S&H claimed service charge arrears from Blacks for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 under the Leases. The Leases provided that S&H shall calculate the total cost of various services and expenses. Once this was ascertained, the Leases provided that S&H would give Blacks a certificate with the amount of the total cost and the sum payable by Blacks. Blacks argued that the service charges were excessive and not properly due under the Leases.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Civil servant who finished LLB in 2021 becomes country’s youngest judge at 29 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6rlPirXt7n 
• US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigators have found six more classified documents during a 13-hour search of President Joe Biden's home in Delaware, a lawyer for Mr Biden says https://t.co/Jez7nqgjaE
• The Weekly Round-up: Anti-strike laws, war crimes, and gender recognition certificates - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mWTOSuiJBZ
  
• #Indian PM Narendra Modi ‘directly’ responsible for the 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims https://t.co/seErHTF7Ec
  
• Energy suppliers should stop forcing vulnerable households on to prepayment meters, the government has said. Business Secretary Grant Shapps' warned he would "name and shame" suppliers who were doing "nowhere near enough" for vulnerable customers https://t.co/3CqX3iwJXy 
• US law firms in London outperform UK rivals thanks to focus on high margin work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XNlZOPfL9m
  
• CA rules for claimants in mixed injuries cases - but uncertainty remains - Legal Futures https://t.co/jDkdBdM0MO
• Clifford Chance's top paid partner made almost £5 million last year, records show - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3KWx8Op3Ez
• Sturgeon: I trust 16-year-olds to make decisions https://t.co/7LJ7q7uQyi 
• Türkiye, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia lead Muslim world's outrage after #Sweden allowed a notorious habitual offender Rasmus Paludan to burn a copy of Holy Quran under "freedom of expression" guise https://t.co/vfvXlgy7YT 
• Clifford Chance posts 69% spring retention result - Legal Cheek https://t.co/se0oWXNjxA 
• Probe urged over claims BBC chair helped Johnson secure loan https://t.co/dXcHTunS2h
• Police investigating rape claims in England believe victim-blaming myths, study finds https://t.co/hpcAZ572HX
• Call for a parliamentary investigation into claims the chairman of the BBC helped Boris Johnson secure a loan - weeks before the then-prime minister recommended him for the role https://t.co/dXcHTuopRP
• Police in California are responding to a shooting that has left several people injured, according to #US media reports. The incident happened in Monterey Park, located about eight miles (13km) east of Los Angeles, after 22:00 local time on Saturday https://t.co/RxKfv2bz8N
• Flawed costs reforms must be fixed before next roll-out - Legal Futures https://t.co/efSS8foODd 
• What to expect when you start out as a lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8l6d8Vm45P 
• Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel - Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangs https://t.co/6m0DiPESYZ 
• Regulator mulls tweaking SQE to reflect Welsh law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/M5tOZnnut4
  
• Stoking a culture war? No, Nicola Sturgeon, this is about balancing conflicting rights https://t.co/pLB5zieE2l 
• Firm handed largest-ever fine for transparency rules non-compliance - Legal Futures https://t.co/vuoBMBuRVP 
• Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig request court’s permission to use newspaper ads to tell him they quit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yWW4hwihFs

22nd January - Law News

Edition 4044: 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: Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has warned the country could face an economic collapse if there isn’t a general election early this year. The cricketer-turned-politician was ousted in a vote of no confidence last April. Mr Khan has tried to push the government to bring the elections forward. His critics say his efforts are adding to the country’s economic issues.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Elite chefs say kitchen work 'like going to war' - study finds https://t.co/NEbezEXTp
• CILEX has acquired the Institute of Paralegals (IoP) and its voluntary regulator, the Professional Paralegal Register (PPR) | NLJ https://t.co/92wbxrCtU9
• Archbishop will not give new prayer blessing for gay couples https://t.co/KrdXc5TAC
• Some 770 defendants have been incarcerated for more than two years awaiting trial, as the justice system buckles under the pressure of ever-increasing numbers of prisoners on remand | NLJ https://t.co/Qg1b7hm5MS
• Girl whose limbs were amputated after she was wrongly discharged from hospital has had a £39m settlement approved in the High Court. At Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey with "red flags for meningitis and sepsis" but was given paracetamol and discharged https://t.co/ovB8Ce3dx1
• Thousands of people protested in Dartmoor on Saturday in opposition to the loss of wild camping rights. It comes after a decision by the high court to outlaw the long-held custom of camping on the moor without asking the landowner's permission https://t.co/Ay5agQEwhd 
• Miss Wales Darcey Corria has suffered a broken pelvis and two broken bones in her neck after an M4 crash. She is being treated at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff, following the crash near Bridgend https://t.co/mlRCU42OF7
• The head of a people-smuggling ring who fled the UK to avoid jail has been arrested. Tarik Namik led a gang that brought people from Iraq and Iran to the UK hidden in lorries https://t.co/PhqRt0eJnc
• Members of the public across the three main parties support legal aid, research has shown | NLJ https://t.co/knWM333vG
• A storm of words: The UK’s latest constitutional clash parsed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5JydriJy5I
  
• All eight legal regulators need to be more transparent and make more robust decisions, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has declared | NLJ https://t.co/HkEQ4msB48
• Stagecoach co-founder Dame Ann Gloag charged with human trafficking offences https://t.co/Wi4ugE3SQm
• Former chancellor and Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi claims an error in his tax affairs was accepted by HMRC as having been "careless and not deliberate" https://t.co/OhbNtomAlw
• The Law Society issued a plea for an extension and clarity on what’s at stake this week as the controversial Retained EU Law Bill entered its final stage in the House of Commons | NLJ https://t.co/ASiu7QU1vM
• Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt in back of car https://t.co/icIIWwhrR
• JUSTICE invites applications for our two three-month internship positions commencing in Spring 2023. These are paid positions, funded by The Portal Trust | NLJ https://t.co/DC6ZIcOC53
  
• Court delay compensation prioritised in legislative programme | Irish Legal News https://t.co/WJT19SSUsi
• Personal injury lawyers have welcomed aspects of a landmark Court of Appeal decision on mixed injury cases, although some warned it could create ‘more uncertainty’ | NLJ https://t.co/SEFKi3Ivb6
• Suicidal patients in England are being put at risk of serious harm, with one in five calls to NHS helplines going unanswered. One caller said after repeatedly trying to get through, staff eventually told her to "think happy thoughts" https://t.co/HInzRUxsWD
• A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence after he was allegedly spotted with a suspected firearm and suspicious package at a hospital maternity ward https://t.co/fCZryrdiGk 
• Labour calls for Nadhim Zahawi to be sacked over tax claims https://t.co/8lHnz7QNZe
  
• Two Irish lawyers among IBA’s new chief officers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9fZNpPLvyQ 
• Three Scots lawyers jailed for money-laundering | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OxqCZKHYae 
• Be wary of lone policemen, warns London head teacher - Fionnuala Kennedy, head of Wimbledon High School in south London, made the comments after the David Carrick case https://t.co/tAcykbqwW4 
• Cian Smith takes top legal role at National Lottery | Irish Legal News https://t.co/U2yTBMkxBT