8th February - Law News

Edition 4060: 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: A vastly experienced regulator who once described the prospect of a single regulator for lawyers as “inevitable” has been named as the new chair of the Legal Services Board (LSB). Full story - Legal Futures  

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to news that Republicans are fundraising via email off of her removal from the Foreign Affairs Committee, calling the move a 'truly bigoted act.'

Saturday Conversations on Law

• What will it take to stop the rape and murder of women by men on probation? https://t.co/aGE67Yt2PV 
• Reflections on the SQE one year on - Legal Futures https://t.co/0p6FUrADaY 
• My legal life: Lorraine Green, Miles & Partners - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/ROXBUs1ENs 
• Drill lyrics alone won’t send a man to prison - UK courts demand much more evidence in criminal trials than the contents of a rap song, says criminal barrister Sam Trefgarne https://t.co/Uni48TEBjk 
• CPR costs changes create dangerous situation for claimants | Law Gazette https://t.co/VR5rEA7vso 
• Solicitor struck off for lying over legal aid debt fails in appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/WIDxXwu5QF
• If you ignore hate crime, then one day it will come for you: Supreme Court laments delay in filing FIR in 2021 Noida case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/EgiIDJwaRD 
• Solicitor dishonest over his income loses strike-off appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/19KcyltfuM 
• Judges of the world unite: GMB starts a branch for judges | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iwTGth9OW1 
• New chair of LSB viewed single regulator for lawyers as "inevitable" - Legal Futures https://t.co/rNG0Bh2H1U
  
• David Carrick, serial rapist Met Police officer jailed for at least 30 years https://t.co/uK3UZMDvgS
• 'Stop short-changing solicitors': HM Treasury gives prosecutors extra cash | Law Gazette https://t.co/aDorBJbAEc
• Study: Domestic abuse information ‘not adequately captured’ in child contact cases | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/muCm2GQVsF
  
• The Shamima Begum Story https://t.co/apIW8FFJGR 
• 'Changing the mindset' objective of new wellbeing body | Law Gazette https://t.co/RtisY3Cc1B 
• Supreme Court refuses to hear two cases on solicitors' rights - Legal Futures https://t.co/EHRKot9WNu
  
• Postal workers will no longer go on strike later this month after a legal challenge from Royal Mail, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) says https://t.co/dB3XCYdKTK 
• £2bn bitcoin fiduciary duty case to go to trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/GQOc6Sr9mj 
• Making it simpler for someone to legally change their gender is part of new proposals being unveiled by the Welsh government. It comes after the UK government said it would block similar legislation put forward by the Scottish government https://t.co/Wt7QtwDr0q 
• Investigations are continuing into the circumstances of the deaths of the head of Epsom College and her family https://t.co/zIZd2Z5PD8 
• Scullion LAW to host fireside chat for members of armed forces | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f5nRemW8JN 
• Regulation expert to take helm of regulators' regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/3cfWO1VTVG 
• Head of private school Epsom College has been found dead along with her husband and seven-year-old daughter in a property on school grounds. Emma Pattison, 45, her husband George, 39, and their daughter Lettie were found dead at 01:10 GMT on Sunday https://t.co/RkQWQEg4Mz 
• Trio of solicitors sanctioned for conveyancing firm misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/V1g5NsLAoq 
• Prepayment meters: Magistrates told to stop allowing forced installations https://t.co/jISdWGy30U
  
• Solicitor impersonated friend to secure NHS prescriptions | Law Gazette https://t.co/l1h2zmOiKe 
• Embattled Republican Congressman George Santos is facing an accusation of sexual misconduct from a former aide. Derek Myers, 30, also accused Mr Santos of an ethics violation for having him work as a volunteer #US https://t.co/IZFOzj9W9B
  
• A woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three children were found injured at a house in Huddersfield. Police were called to Walpole Road at about 08:00 GMT and found a girl, two boys and a woman with serious injuries https://t.co/Zjg3xPdZyl

7th February - Law News

Edition 4059: 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: GMB is now the union for judges after the first union branch in the country specifically for judges was opened this week. The branch consists of union members who work in the judicial system, which is traditionally a sector without trade union representation. Full story - Scottish Legal News  

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The serial rapist and former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick was in court today. He's already pleaded guilty to attacking 12 women over 17 years. It's the only chance many of his victims will get to have their stories officially heard.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Number of law students joining lost learning group action more than doubles in two months - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RnuQioS1tY 
• Central government notifies appointment of five judges to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ejltBjYeA3
• Magic Circle set Fountain Court boosts pupillage award to £80,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pcXTTXid3O 
• Bishop Climate Wiseman, of Kingdom Church, Camberwell, warned people they would "drop dead" if they did not buy his covid protection kits and was convicted of fraud. He has to serve a 1 year jail term, 160 hours of unpaid work & pay £60,072 in court costs https://t.co/L60jcjwBAH 
• Mental wellbeing charity, LawCare has reported a ‘dramatic increase’ in calls from legal professionals with career concerns | NLJ https://t.co/ft3as4GibR 
• Lawyer Dinah Rose KC sues the Times for libel - Lawsuit relates to a story about criticism she faced after taking Cayman Islands same-sex marriage case https://t.co/mpv2wbAfvz
  
• Public favours barristers with posh accents, study finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yCcePLF8DJ
• Good enough for jazz: how well does the government need to understand its Paris Agreement obligations? A case of emissions and omissions - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/gC5A5yF9xy 
• Exclusive: Baker McKenzie lawyer quits citing ‘lack of diversity’ in email to colleagues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IJ1shBVXlV
• A US deputy general counsel who breached the embargo on disclosure of draft judgments has escaped contempt proceedings | NLJ https://t.co/rPoUllH8B4 
• Listed law firm fires chief exec over 'cultural concerns' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9ZVe998aMP 
• The Weekly Round-up: Nadhim Zahawi, Windrush reforms, and accommodation for vulnerable children - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4wGGM5jl02 
• Our struggling economy needs legal certainty | Law Gazette https://t.co/BJwzUHM6km 
• Law Pod UK latest episode: How to get Pupillage - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2TS1ikFcRi 
• MI5 acted unlawfully when handling and storing private data gathered by secret surveillance under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016, also known as the Snoopers’ Charter), a tribunal has held | NLJ https://t.co/eeLArK8s3h 
• Trade union formally establishes branch for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/2kNl2imecA
  
• Law firms are changing how they charge for their services in response to client demand for lower costs and greater clarity, according to a LexisNexis UK investigative report, 'Calling time on the billable hour' | NLJ https://t.co/SBZgKurlho
  
• David Carrick: Officer raped by disgraced PC feared reporting him to bosses https://t.co/xmwG30DgrF 
• Andrew Tate was violent and coercive, says ex-girlfriend. Tate and his brother Tristan are in custody in #Romania while police investigate allegations of rape and trafficking https://t.co/UXinfvmtVC 
• Quindell intelligence made no difference to price, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/dKnXhcxki9 
• NHS fines mothers for claiming free prescriptions while pregnant - Pregnant women are entitled to free medication, but without a maternity exemption certificate they face bills of hundreds of pounds https://t.co/SCGeJnUn3n 
• Victoria Gowri not opposed to "true love", only to "love jihad": Madurai lawyers in support of her elevation | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/vbO0dFLdrn 
• Sunak ‘risks full-scale trade war’ with Brussels by scrapping EU laws https://t.co/1FacBu9xpb 
• ‘Help! My supervising partner has gone AWOL’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/R2E1ZenYay
  
• Baker McKenzie Belgium managing partner steps down pending review into office racism claims - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CvnVRrgR2A 
• 5 takeaways from our training contract application masterclass - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bvsqiztc9r

6th February - Law News

Edition 4058: 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: The Supreme Court’s Tate Modern decision restates the law of nuisance to include visual intrusion and could provoke a wave of ‘copycat cases’, lawyers say. Full story - The New Law Journal  

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The first images of Nicola Bulley on the day she went missing while walking her dog have been shared by one of her friends. The 45-year-old was last seen walking next to the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, England.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Family courts in Cardiff, Leeds and Carlisle will open to reporters from this week under measures to increase transparency in the justice system | NLJ https://t.co/VAjuha54a1 
• Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans abandon merger talks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6nrdPRclfV 
• It’s so easy to cheat with technology that even judges are doing it - Everyone uses Wikipedia, but should it really be affecting what happens in court? https://t.co/QoJQLKF60X 
• City solicitors appointed to High Court bench | Law Gazette https://t.co/nrmFAJTG7G
• A conveyancer from St Albans firm Bretherton Law has been chosen as the lucky winner of a two-week trip to Australia, courtesy of legal tech provider InfoTrack | NLJ https://t.co/a1dO3GTmeP 
• Hill Dickinson’s top earner nets £1m as profits surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/GWNGDuYGvB 
• Slaughters keeps all 47 spring NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WVfV2plXK0
  
• The Supreme Court’s Tate Modern decision restates the law of nuisance to include visual intrusion and could provoke a wave of ‘copycat cases’, lawyers say | NLJ https://t.co/ecZRE5S8T8
  
• Trade deal ‘could liberalise Korea legal market’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/afNauAKQAO 
• Express Solicitors to recruit pupil barristers for first time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2R35JKiAWF 
• Lord Kitchin will retire from the Supreme Court in September, at the end of the legal year | NLJ https://t.co/wIYL9r0OuB 
• Stop UK mobile and broadband firms ‘lining their pockets’, urge consumer experts - Companies facing backlash amid warning of mid-contract price rises of up to 17% during cost of living crisis https://t.co/5nZtwpyP4b 
• Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has rejected calls to prevent sharp rises in domestic energy bills for all households in his March budget – meaning millions of users will see costs soar by about 40% from April https://t.co/CRxgMYIPM2
  
• #Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike - award-winning director, who was arrested in July, is released from Evin prison in Tehran https://t.co/5QdwzgJ6AB 
• Witness comes forward in Nicola Bulley case as police warn against speculation - Police had released CCTV images of a woman pushing a pram near where the dog walker went missing, urging her to get in touch https://t.co/eBiRwQqSvT
  
• More civil servants in bullying complaints against Dominic Raab than previously thought. Some officials were signed off for ‘extended periods’ while others stayed at work to protect colleagues, says a complaint made by 27 staff at the Ministry of Justice https://t.co/dVsen3osVP 
• A sixth police officer involved in the events leading to the arrest of Tyre Nichols has been fired, the Memphis police department has said. An internal police investigation found Preston Hemphill had "violated multiple department policies," https://t.co/UaVuWlrDPs 
• Constance Marten, her partner Mark Gordon, 48 - a convicted sex offender - and their four-week-old baby have been missing for the last month - couple and their newborn baby are believed to be camping in the East Sussex countryside, https://t.co/wjDsz7W9Gc 
• SRA continues fight for documents from former solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZUxi9MU3z2 
• The aristocratic Trevelyan family, who owned six sugar plantations in Grenada, will apologise and pay reparations for owning a thousand slaves https://t.co/lC3C9Fwgrg 
• With the threat of cybercrime growing ever more critical for law firms, an upcoming panel discussion will offer the opportunity to prepare, plan, and practise responses to cyber-attacks | NLJ https://t.co/LDXglyqHJm
• Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired a government aide who made derogatory remarks about LGBT couples. Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he would not want to live next to, or look at, people in same-sex relationships https://t.co/mTin92fweI 
• The 10 best legal social media users of 2023: Which lawfluencer will win this year’s Legal Cheek Award? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wcPPSfuk80 
• Costs ‘earthquake’ as CPR changes reverse claimant protection | Law Gazette https://t.co/dDjZuZRWH3 
• Courts waved through applications by energy firms to forcibly install prepayment meters, according to internal advice from a top magistrate. Old guidelines required careful scrutiny of warrant applications, new advice to courts deems rules disproportionate https://t.co/03mv8QWGuu 
• Law prof apologises for telling student 'f*ck you' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/81iZ1wkkzv 
• Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats https://t.co/A3wbvtRdGu
  
• A waste collection firm in Brighton has been told by lawyers for the Lord of the Rings franchise to change its name. Lord of the Bins collects household, building and office waste across East Sussex and West Sussex https://t.co/SscIiBdfBp 
• When #Mexican police raided a self-styled Jewish sect, former members hoped it would spell the end of the group, which has been accused of crimes against children. https://t.co/8i43NgNz3I