Edition 3173: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: More openness about the menopause is needed, the Law Society said yesterday as it released guidance on experiencing menopause in the legal profession to mark Menopause Awareness Month. The guidance, issued in conjunction with healthcare support business Peppy, quotes a partner at City giant Hogan Lovells saying: “Up until now, menopausal symptoms have been something of a surprise to everyone – women included. It’s time to demystify it.” Full story - Legal Futures
Today's Highlighted Video Story: In light of deadly unrest following the Jacob Blake shooting, officials in Wisconsin, US, are expressing concerns as President Donald Trump plans to visit Kenosha. Historian and University of Wisconsin professor Christy Clark-Pujara joins CNN's Bianna Golodryga to dispel the notion that racism is primarily a Southern issue.
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- Young lawyers enter the field of human rights law with a passion. Sarada Mahesh, a young human rights lawyer, narrates her story and shares her learnings as she navigated the emotional and professional path of being a human rights lawyer #India https://t.co/We9Zh3yINQ
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- A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales https://t.co/lyDM9FzFB
- Six new laws you should be aware of that come into effect in England in September 2020 https://t.co/BjcdDNtslH
- Scotland to domesticate UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/880ATiwmDJ
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- Remote Work Has Law Firm Cybersecurity in a Fragile State | The American Lawyer https://t.co/yROA7CVthK
- Shepherd and Wedderburn launches dedicated group for clients relocating to the UK - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DWqYmpGmfK
- #Switzerland to introduce legal basis for arbitration clauses in articles of incorporation https://t.co/UK7EZhjsuX
- Bulk diplomatic immunity conferred on US personnel in Britain, court documents reveal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Az0bIOcUAK
- Legal victory for foster carers paves way to action on employment rights: Tribunal rules Glasgow couple were council employees not self-employed and are owed sick pay https://t.co/JW6iYpf9FI
- Influencers and advertisers should be forced to declare digitally altered photos on social media, the Girl Guides have said https://t.co/SKQ5HETnWv
- A blind student who was "violently" removed from the Oxford Union debating society has been paid compensation: Ebenezer Azamati was "accosted" by a security guard when he tried to return to a seat he had reserved at a debate on 17 October 2019 https://t.co/8tkBqNh5M7
- England's exams regulator, Ofqual, says it was a "fundamental mistake" to think the public would accept an emergency grading system instead of exam results https://t.co/P3jLTH8eU7
- #Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, Germany's government says https://t.co/bXqZnFBG0
- An examination of the available options for punishing companies and questions whether our current laws are appropriate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VNxKviWHgR
- Anti-Social Media Bill And Its Inauspicious Effects On Democracy By Barrister Layi Ademokoya #Nigeria https://t.co/JeKRO6vi4F
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Maureen Duffy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zkg5KyxtOK
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- Cost of implementing hate crime laws 'grossly underestimated' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c2vIQixnV
- #Portugal, colonialism and racial justice – From denial to reparation https://t.co/DTYJOpiJvD
- “Iris Lan, a senior justice department official, has been nominated to fill a lifetime seat in a district court in New York”, this Trump nominee had role in removing prosecutor opposed to family separations #US https://t.co/gUH6fkB85V
- Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks https://t.co/Hd3qQPRnk2
- Health leaders warn Boris Johnson over axing of Public Health England https://t.co/3PPeQPpOJD
- German children who spent a year in England held on appeal to have acquired habitual residence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MyHMvJVvKd
- Tech adoption will be ‘positive legacy’ of coronavirus response, says Scottish justice secretary https://t.co/dmNAnLWEBI
- 4 in 10 police officers saying they were assaulted last year - coughing, spitting and other minor non-physical disapproval of police conduct classed as assault for this survey https://t.co/dMRczdovXB
- #US Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy asked those leading the inquiry to examine whether commanders at the Texas base allowed a climate of harassment to spread https://t.co/mFKSVoiZdx
- Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC) Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege urged the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday to support the country’s transitional justice initiative https://t.co/xv8XAAvSx9
- Prominent Yorkshire law firm, LCF Law, has acquired York-based Sachedina Solicitors https://t.co/LEjb5p6W3
- Solicitor Barry Crushell launches specialist workplace law firm - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WI5pEc34nm
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- Figen Yuksekdag's lawyer demands to be released from jail as legal profession under serious threat #Turkey https://t.co/zIRTDAbqn
- Perspex and Portakabin: HMCTS announces ‘ambitious’ safety drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/cu5hpnWvk
- Law firm uses clause game to train AI - Legal Futures https://t.co/Jolm7rIl6T
- CPS solicitor "was not too ill" to bring tribunal claim in time - Legal Futures https://t.co/LzQetLfYA
- How a Trial Lawyer Survived a 14-Hour Zoom Hearing https://t.co/SMeWxjl7eL
- Legal profession must be “more open about menopause” - Legal Futures https://t.co/RGicCuIkK
- Preparing law students for the inevitable role of technology in their careers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3883itlSuS
- Law firms must aim for “cultural equality”, says Post Office GC - Legal Futures https://t.co/QQiZrVBEnM
- Former CPS solicitor ‘too late’ to present unfair dismissal claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/7jR87ly31
- Travel company Tui has cancelled all holidays to a party resort on a #Greek island because of customers failing to follow coronavirus safety measures https://t.co/FyNBHqKiTz
- Campaigners representing families whose loved ones have died from coronavirus have accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being "heartless" in declining to meet with them https://t.co/7E61S14oH
- Fourteen people are to go on trial in #France over the deadly attack on the controversial magazine Charlie Hebdo more than five years ago, after its deliberate'y insulting depictions of Islam https://t.co/e1uMDXjEAm
- Lockdown restrictions are "completely illogical" in Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham the region's mayor said after they were eased in three boroughs https://t.co/woBXI5Z7w
- BSB updates handbook for fourth time in 12 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/EpbH21BAL5
- Law reform to move identity verification online | Law Gazette https://t.co/933Tqts7AS
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- National Lottery cash to fund more pro bono support in Wales | Law Gazette https://t.co/csWqdSpf
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- Alan Roughead and Stewart Baillie join partnership at Macnabs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oXNMe6mXy
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- Lawyer for family of Jacob Blake says they haven't been contacted about meeting Trump #US https://t.co/O8Ssrq8XV9
