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23rd November - Law News

Edition 3255: 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.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Non-custody cases are now being listed towards the end of 2022 in many parts of the country, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has told barristers. This ‘is worrying’, he said in his speech to the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference this week, as the longer it takes for a case to come to trial the more likely it is that something will go wrong with it. Moreover, it was ‘simply not acceptable to keep all those involved in a Crown Court trial waiting for longer than is reasonably necessary.’ Full story - New Law Journal
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: New era of peace should start with Israel establishing Palestinians’ rights - KSA ambassador to UN. 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Gyms and all shops to reopen after English lockdown https://t.co/onD07AsHQD
  • Can first cousins be in a live-in relationship? Punjab & Haryana High Court asked #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/emWOvGtKSX
  • Appeal court dismisses student’s discrimination claim against ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I74kekY18
  • Regulatory Capital – UK Authorities Jointly Publish Statement on New UK Prudential Rules https://t.co/M7WgmMd9BM
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/TvuaKKVFbg
  • The UK's four nations have backed plans to allow some household mixing "for a small number of days" over Christmas https://t.co/YyLK7Rl1ne
  • STEM Future Lawyers and BPP announce 2021 law conversion scholarship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9cjLGaxBZD 
  • Employment Partner Jennifer Millins examines the legal issues surrounding dismissals concerning the use of social media outside work https://t.co/04xiybLBXP
  • Five cases on personal liberty decided by Justice DY Chandrachud #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/7JshGRigAy 
  • The rise and (minor) fall of litigation funding in #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/wc2LAhGIMS
  • Domestic violence reforms protect victim-survivors from traumatic trials #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/x8TxBrEfCM
  • What it takes to be an antitrust lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/chlnjjYyD
  • All shopping to be allowed ‘regardless of tier’ in run up to Christmas https://t.co/MqzjL90Cy8
  • Judicial Q&A: What judges want from young barristers in the courtroom #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/pd0PGedcp
  • Justice SA Bobde completes a year as CJI: Five Highlights from his tenure #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/lWwsZ0q9N
  • Some of the UK's biggest food companies have attacked a plan that could see all online junk food advertising banned to tackle childhood obesity https://t.co/z4AdmfAldV 
  • The Legal Implications Of Mobile Health Advancements https://t.co/nzRCOLKle
  • Top judge’s daughter who’s now a judge herself fronts judicial diversity campaign - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YsqDwt8J4
  • Slaughter and May partner leaves firm following internal probe - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ilrC2BlTC
  • Trials and triumphs for Mildura barrister Megan Tittensor #Australia https://t.co/aDzMHnQqy
  • No place for competition in firms’ pro bono efforts #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/afEW4K0bdC 
  • False allegation of impotency against husband is cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act: Delhi High Court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/POFvrxMKvD
  • Serial conman posed as jet-setting surgeon and barrister to swindle women on Tinder and Bumble https://t.co/FRUEo0nRiE
  • The role lawyers play in the rise of renewable energy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1mi3k3RdKE
  • Serial killer Stephen Port: Detective seeks inquest legal representation https://t.co/PpOC2yD1c
  • Six people are in hospital following a large scale "violent disturbance" in Cardiff city centre. Police and ambulance crews were called to an area of Queen Street at about 21:50 GMT on Saturday https://t.co/Ct6VObCc76
  • Magic circle partner gives 'child-friendly' insight into life as a tax lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oif3AvJ1Ae
  • The Weekly Round-up: Workers’ Rights and Personal Protective Equipment | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2YAqoEg0dJ
  • #Irish justice minister proposes new laws to tackle 'revenge porn' https://t.co/RW9YMPwtRG
  • 9 TikToks to celebrate Legally Blonde 3 release date - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pXHYsMP0lb
  • Covid: Call to expand £500 grant for Covid self-isolaters https://t.co/Ee1rBcmHE
  • A #US judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground state https://t.co/yTU7nzYLh6
  • Do cop shows like ‘Chicago P.D.’ reinforce misperceptions about race and criminal justice? A new study says yes https://t.co/ymbW0kkGbu
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8gSpythWHd
  • #Germany agrees to mandatory quota for female executives https://t.co/MXfNOmqgKg
  • Solicitor who caused £885,000 client account shortfall struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/paiL5czy3
  • JR has improved consumer rights, Which? tells Faulks review | Law Gazette https://t.co/KGaqNMYC
  • Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC has criticised ‘shocking discrepancies in pay between male and female barristers’ revealed in Bar Mutual data for the year ending 2019 | NLJ https://t.co/sesU05aCd
  • President's guidance for immigration appeals during Covid-19 'unlawful' | aw Gazette https://t.co/xa4FqI7i7
  • McFarlane alarmed by weekend demand for skeleton arguments | Law Gazette https://t.co/BtJEPkTqA
  • IBA 2020: Litigation funding could create conflicts of interest | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vud40IqaV
  • Slaughter and May bolsters investigations team with rare London partner hire - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/x3hcMKA9re
  • California's Covid curfew to begin, as #US cases hit 12-million mark https://t.co/Npqr5dbpI
  • Human rights must not be 'trampled' in global rush for PPE, say MPs https://t.co/Zaody4CyJ
  • Force investigates after woman mauled by police dog at illegal rave https://t.co/hgOzSGyMlu
  • Boris Johnson ‘acted illegally’ over jobs for top anti-Covid staff - Legal action targets appointments of Dido Harding, Kate Bingham and Mike Coupe https://t.co/Y5dq5wIYT
  • Covid-19 disruption bites as SEC actions against public companies fall by a third - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/crpY8qc4Sz