26th March - Law News

Edition 4107: 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 Vatican has returned three pieces of the ancient Parthenon Temple to Greece. They had been in the Papal collections for more than two hundred years. Greece is still trying to get the largest collection of Parthenon sculptures returned from the British Museum.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Melanie McFadyean obituary - Campaigning journalist and lecturer who won the Bar Council legal reporting award for her coverage of joint enterprise law https://t.co/kSsuzoFCNo
  
• South-west firm acquired by 'forward-thinking business' | Law Gazette https://t.co/r1bD6q9Oai
• Separating parents could be forced to go to mediation under Raab plans https://t.co/9JjXEsMw5D
• Firm loses appeal over under-settlement amputation claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/HSGSTPTZl7 
• RT @DMULawSchool: The Law Team ready to greet prospective students and visitors to the Open Day! https://t.co/ESz9dUSSkm
• Brother of Biafra separatist held in #Nigeria loses court challenge against UK - UK government not required to state whether Nnamdi Kanu, a British national, was victim of extraordinary rendition, judge rules https://t.co/zrqwrAgn6
• Compulsory family mediation "will reduce demand for law firms" - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ea78JwljeC
• An MI5 spy who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland by defying orders, has broken his silence https://t.co/KdStfhZ5gm
• Three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay five million #Brazilian Reals (£780,000) for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton https://t.co/1JyFNohnnt
• Giles Perritt, a senior council official has insisted a redevelopment scheme behind the felling of 110 trees in Plymouth will be "really good" for the city https://t.co/utLp2oqsMH 
• The government is expected to make an announcement in the coming weeks on how it plans to stop housing migrants in hotels https://t.co/1frjqD4HDz 
• ChatGPT aces SQE resit, but it’s back to school for Bard | Law Gazette https://t.co/6kaRpOX6Fo 
• ‘Historic moment’ as #ElSalvador abortion case fuels hopes for expanded access across Latin America | Women's rights and gender equality | The Guardian https://t.co/BmX0VDxWVj 
• MPs call for inquiry into use of ‘alienation’ claims in parental disputes - Concern that unregulated experts’ diagnoses are being used to silence parents or undermine abuse allegations in England and Wales https://t.co/L4subJDj6W 
• Completion of court modernisation programme pushed back again - Legal Futures https://t.co/onKFDzHa4w 
• UK public warned not to eat Baronet semi-soft cheeses after listeria death https://t.co/zXa9I812X2 
• 'Mistakes were made': court reforms paused | Law Gazette https://t.co/bl9686xMS7 
• Six KCs among more than 120 mostly English lawyers to sign pledge not to act for fossil fuel interests https://t.co/gd3AnFK6t9 
• SRA in-house lawyer review fails to recognise "severity of risks" - Legal Futures https://t.co/nOwdw32Ffa
• Why I’m joining more than 100 lawyers in refusing to prosecute climate protesters https://t.co/qrDIvw6DeP 
• GCs criticise SRA for 'understating' severity of in-house challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/aWijWQ6wtX 
• Choosing the right regulator for conveyancing - Legal Futures https://t.co/RDrPoOMgCV 
• Lawyers' eco-declaration sparks cab-rank rule row - Legal Futures https://t.co/bkmVrb6KcQ 
• Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world https://t.co/clR0t34fju
  
• Ukraine war: How a #Russian child's drawing sparked a police investigation https://t.co/neW7GGIG7v

25th March - Law News

Edition 4106: 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: "My Name Is Not Savarkar, Won't Apologise": Rahul Gandhi On Disqualification as a prospective parliamentary candidate following his remarks against India's extreme-right PM Modi. Critics and secular voices in India assert that the BJP government has instigated legislation that attempts to silence criticism of its discriminatory attitude and ultimately change India's secular constitution.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Derbyshire PC to keep job after using database to find woman on Instagram https://t.co/5SnEomyfUv 
• Hundreds of protesters gathered at the gates of Downing Street to demonstrate against the #Israeli PM's extremeist policies when Netanyahu meets Sunak https://t.co/fjpDMU2yDw
• Mason Hayes & Curran appoints Dorit McCann as procurement and competition partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rv9QNTGDLN 
• MPs have approved plans to make street sexual harassment a crime carrying a jail sentence of up to two years. Catcalling, following someone or blocking their path will become an offence in England and Wales under a bill backed by the government https://t.co/OGGsQdUFmv
• Record revenue for staff agencies supplying NHS, many with links to Tory benefactors https://t.co/7dxdgsdRB6
• Daniel Holder to take reins of Belfast rights group CAJ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tCAFVaZbhw
• Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, is to be released from prison in Kigali #Rwanda https://t.co/6cPMyZQwpX 
• Landmark conference to highlight need for Irish anti-SLAPP law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JoJZQMF6FW
• More than 120 lawyers have vowed to not act against activists from groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil who are "exercising their democratic right of peaceful protest" https://t.co/xw5h13pvGF
• Well into his pension-age King Charles's France visit postponed after pension protests resulted in a formal request by President Macron to scrap the visit https://t.co/AEftoWGwvG
• A police officer sent a heart eyes emoji to a woman on Instagram after using a confidential database to track her down, a misconduct panel has heard. PC Jack Harrison is alleged to have followed the woman in his patrol car, but denies wrongdoing https://t.co/marfMltjFa
• Two appointments for MiniTrials Steering Group | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tTWrsOE1fL 
• City firm claims 'living pension' first | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUmXakDEzP
• High Court: Wilson’s Hospital School will be ‘at large’ to enforce €23,800 fine against Enoch Burke if he fails to pay by 23 March | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LUAJTEFqS3 
• National Conveyancing Week: upfront information 'myths' debunked | Law Gazette https://t.co/d8ESzor8sm
• Immigration solicitor criticised for conduct of mother's employment case - Legal Futures https://t.co/tT5njylc1v
• Investors should not have relied on tax silk's opinion, CoA told | Law Gazette https://t.co/nhAw1eLQTh 
• Rachel Minch SC to head new Law Society environmental and planning law committee | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kiUNmOc1Mg
  
• Solicitor-barrister rebuked for offensive and threatening email | Law Gazette https://t.co/pTY6ilhamP 
• Corporate work to drive legal market growth in 2023 - Legal Futures https://t.co/7AMw4VOYlc 
• Leanne Gordon returns to Lindsays as director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B7C2fo49x8 
• Challenger bank offers challenger legal support | Law Gazette https://t.co/gXKuMptcoo 
• Solicitor-turned-barrister rebuked for offensive email - Legal Futures https://t.co/OrEZgq8TXG 
• Iain Drummond: Challenging adjudicator’s decisions and imprecise drafting | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hDXbtb0fB8
  
• JMK Solicitors celebrates 100-headcount milestone | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jhO9MDnO5R 
• Minster and NAHL results highlight changing shape of PI market - Legal Futures https://t.co/jhpj8TBKI0
  
• Trevor Dolan joins Eversheds Sutherland as financial services partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4gp0TwsLDA 
• LCJ chased for response on 'toxic work environment' for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/Agjoa38wBl
• LeO wins approval for 9.6% increase in budget to £16.8m - Legal Futures https://t.co/mkImLpNMNa
• CPS to pay £136,000 for failing to ease barrister’s workload | Law Gazette https://t.co/nod3YgBsqQ
  
• England: Lewisham Council taken to task after ignoring hundreds of FOI requests | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TJ6VT3TUqG
• Review pilot 'will disproportionately affect black barristers' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NB3raXZosz 
• Barrister awarded £136,000 for CPS disability discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/2b8r7NmsDJ
• Scots lawyers say yes to four-day work week in SLN poll | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SxHtltwCcI
  
• Family court praises parents who 'put aside conflicts' in face of Ukraine war | Law Gazette https://t.co/De0SXyYo08
  
• Law firm unfairly dismissed "homophobic" secretary - Legal Futures https://t.co/emJiDctzUH 
• Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul hit with SEC charges over crypto scheme https://t.co/X7Bhdq0PJJ 
• Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world https://t.co/clR0t34fju
• Mohammed Abbkr, 28 has been charged with two counts of attempted murder following attacks on men set alight outside mosques in Birmingham and London. He is alleged to have sprayed a substance on to the two victims in the separate incidents https://t.co/mAlACa0KBe 
• #Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case. A Gujarat state court, existing ultra-rightwing PM's Narendra Modi's homes state, handed out the verdict https://t.co/KqlW9BspQe
  
• Who will be the legaltech winners? - Legal Futures https://t.co/WD5Ri7NHtZ