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28th September- Law News

Edition 3199: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice. The views expressed in individual articles archived within LawnewsIndex.com are solely the views of the original author.  

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Focus of the Day Law Article:  Birmingham solicitor and mediator Lubna Shuja has won the Law Society election for deputy vice president. Shuja is the founder and principal solicitor at family and civil firm Legal Swan Solicitors, where she specialises in professional discipline and regulation. She is also a mediator dealing with civil and family disputes. Full story - New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Residents in a locked down neighbourhood of Spain's capital protested outside the Madrid Regional Parliament on Sunday, demanding local health services be reinforced amid a coronavirus outbreak.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Kim Kardashian opts to study criminal law over sleep - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KqDihqhf8G
  • Charles Russell Speechlys retains 19 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/K5Q6kdY25g
  • Exam waiver ‘not an option now or in the future’, says BSB - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fWpTSFxGID
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qMQE0hIAFs
  • The ‘new normal’ - a City lawyer’s perspective - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KBIWpByfcH
  • President Donald Trump has said it is "certainly possible" that his Supreme Court pick will be involved in a ruling revisiting the landmark 1973 decision that legalised abortion in the #US https://t.co/lYis7DKc71
  • BARBRI to offer £6k SQE prep course - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DEwYRwI2W
  • Barrister suggested female Asian judge landed role due to ‘positive discrimination' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j74Erd1jR
  • Mixed-race junior barrister makes formal complaint after being mistaken for defendant three times in one day - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LimGpgv7y
  • Restructuring and private equity: What aspiring lawyers need to know - Legal Cheek https://t.co/d1WOevwls5
  • Gowling WLG retains all 18 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yIMqMn2lpP
  • The suspect in the murder of a police officer in south London is Louis De Zoysa https://t.co/6OhgP7c05n
  • Covid lockdown: Three more Welsh counties face local restrictions https://t.co/fpgCvTAFb
  • Croydon police shooting: Man arrested on suspicion of supplying firearm https://t.co/6OhgP7c05n
  • Magic circle gets its first woman leader - Legal Cheek https://t.co/deyeCA93DI
  • Over half of City law firm partners went to private school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ov3MKjkMpd
  • #India's richest man Mukesh Ambani's estranged brother Anil Ambani's expenses borne by wife and family - revelations made to London High Court on Friday in connection with the case over repayment of dues to a Chinese Bank https://t.co/EvbPN3ba9
  • Bar Council rejects Henry Hendron’s election nomination after filing application one minute late - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BzOhq28GfG
  • #Swiss voters have rejected in a referendum a proposal to end an accord with the EU on the free movement of people by 63%, TV projections suggest https://t.co/rnvEgikNv3
  • Judge Amy Coney Barrett Is No Ruth Bader Ginsburg #US https://t.co/HAXqFrGgD
  • When a majority of City Council members promised to “end policing as we know it” after George Floyd’s killing, they became a case study in how idealistic calls for structural change can falter #US https://t.co/qGHwyoiYV
  • The Ayesha Vardag leaked 'dress code email' in full - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nmtcNWJIN
  • California wildfires: The inmates training to be firefighters - Brandon Smith is a former inmate firefighter and now helps former prisoners find jobs in the fire service #US https://t.co/9VIPqhE86z
  • Buy a law firm, don’t start a new one | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/i9IFOsFyFd
  • Lawyer suffered PTSD after defending Flintshire serial killer Peter Moore https://t.co/Mc8ziErLJp
  • Shadow justice secretary David Lammy warns that people are 'bubbling out of pubs' due to curfew https://t.co/cPslaLYOul
  • Labour is "very sympathetic" to a bid by Conservative MPs to increase parliamentary scrutiny over coronavirus restrictions in England, shadow justice secretary David Lammy has said https://t.co/HWx01cCLkW
  • Prominent Kashmiri lawyer-activist shot dead in Srinagar: Babar Qadri was shot on Thursday evening at his home by unidentified gunmen posing as clients #India https://t.co/YoSc7xjwD
  • Landmark legislation helping people at risk of homelessness: Homelessness Reduction Act helps 243,680 households to keep their home or move into longer term accommodation https://t.co/cvt6Iy6n11
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0AEUv14w73
  • Transatlantic Trade: US and European Trade Talk Update – September 25, 2020 https://t.co/jISrazNqlB
  • Christian Concern Loses Legal Challenge Against ‘At Home’ Abortions During Pandemic https://t.co/MalcUrSlOJ
  • Scottish Labour urge end of 'secrecy' around legal advice linked to the Salmond inquiry https://t.co/A1H30LUTcm
  • The University of Surrey is among other institutions across the UK thought to be affected by a ransomware attack carried out by hackers https://t.co/ETP1IG4I4q
  • Widow wins legal fight for IVF with husband's sperm https://t.co/1nxhsd4eyQ
  • Belfast barrister Jonathan Lowry avoids jail after downloading child porn https://t.co/j0WLlnqPq1
  • Attorney struck off after false information submitted for insurance license https://t.co/iK0WEHRYG6
  • Cardiff and Swansea get ready for lockdown https://t.co/RJSvxy01dE
  • Shall the rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett Cost Republicans the Senate? #US https://t.co/xIqF2ownwj 
  • Freshfields elects first female senior partner in management revamp | Law Gazette https://t.co/7BdOC58XIJ