27th March - Law News

Edition 4108: 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: Family lawyers have queried the value of compulsory mediation, following government proposals to make it a prerequisite to the family courts. Full story New Law Journal

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defence minister. Yoav Gallant had spoken out against controversial plans to overhaul the justice system. In Jerusalem, police and soldiers used water cannon against demonstrators near Mr Netanyahu's house. Early on Monday morning, Israel's President Isaac Herzog called on the government to halt the reforms

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Creed III actor Jonathan Majors has been arrested on strangulation, assault and harassment charges. The New York Police Department said Mr Majors, who stars alongside Michael B Jordan in the recently released film, was involved in a domestic dispute #US https://t.co/ztODFPM0MT
• A major incident has been declared after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid including oil leaked into the water at Poole Harbour in Dorset https://t.co/tSv7ftAyCf 
• Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth https://t.co/LjcJGi6Ira
• Lawyer writes to Supreme Court for gender-neutral bathrooms, LGBTQIA+ representation on Gender Sensitisation Committee | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/L6oeUDZ30k
  
• 'Wrong people, time and attitude': Society's warning over mediation reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/OHqHTZdi7O
  
• Children as young as eight are being strip-searched by the police, according to a report showing "deeply concerning" and "widespread" failures. It also found black children were up to six times more likely to be searched than the overall child population https://t.co/kBU6TfECeL 
• Linklaters gives lawyers option to switch bank holidays: Magic Circle firm says move will provide flexibility to observe religious and cultural events - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TuQ7HHms3D
  
• Ministers are planning to bring in tougher sentences for murder where it is preceded by domestic abuse| NLJ https://t.co/R6Ik0pQas4
• The Weekly Round-up: Putin's arrest warrant, "Increasingly authoritarian" UK, Murderer sentencing - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/PZsaUaYUJ2
• Lawyers have welcomed the Bar Council of India’s historic decision to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practise law in India, on a restricted and reciprocal basis | NLJ https://t.co/nu2rlWWrvJ
• Nato has condemned #Russia's "dangerous" and "irresponsible" rhetoric after Vladimir Putin's decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus https://t.co/9KJOX7YvDv 
• Baker McKenzie keeps 13 out of 18 spring qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8HeQflQk1C 
• The sale of laughing gas will be banned under plans to tackle anti-social behaviour, Michael Gove has announced, stating that nitrous oxide can have a "damaging effect on young brains" and its public use can lead to "greater lawlessness" https://t.co/v5ePX9jERn 
• PII premium rises dip below 10% as market softens at last | Law Gazette https://t.co/EBT8ZwaBZX
• 2023: Year of the Nuisance? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mV0vrkELSr 
• Stress of Ofsted inspections cited as factor in deaths of 10 teachers - Observer investigation uncovers link between school reports and heart attacks, strokes and nervous breakdowns https://t.co/hqTDl64iOZ 
• Justice secretary Dominic Raab acted unlawfully in amending the rules governing Parole Board hearings, the High Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/qItU7Xx178
  
• Clyde & Co launches ‘paralegal academy’ with route to solicitor qualification - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MdVcKAuU7K
• People in #Lebanon have woken up in two rival time zones, amid a row between political and religious authorities over when clocks should go forward https://t.co/XurQsEYOV5 
• Sony tries to hit pause on copyright battle with Jimi Hendrix Experience estates | Law Gazette https://t.co/weS4oaov38
• Bar course grad wins The Apprentice 2023: Marnie Swindells secures Alan Sugar’s £250,000 investment for boxing gym business - Legal Cheek https://t.co/URymLQsAva 
• Family lawyers have queried the value of compulsory mediation, following government proposals to make it a prerequisite to the family courts | NLJ https://t.co/T21DoYZXh1
• Offenders who engage in anti-social behaviour will have to do immediate community work in hi-vis jackets or jumpsuits under new government plans. It aims to have people repair damage they cause within 48 hours of being given an order https://t.co/odIP2DQ9nS 
• Top Tory MPs ask for £10,000 a day to work for fake Korean company - Video footage shows Matt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng discussing pay rates after being duped by campaigners https://t.co/a0DKNE0xnT 
• A man has been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing TV presenter Alison Hammond. West Midlands police said the 36-year-old was arrested at an address in Warwickshire on Saturday evening https://t.co/Wwgn5wVfUT 
• Cab rank rule row rocks the Bar: Does saving the planet trump barristers’ professional obligation to represent everyone? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vliuD3qiiR

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