Edition 3281: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical 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: A former governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco has been shot dead early on Friday in the bathroom of a restaurant in the beach town of Puerto Vallarta.
It's the latest in a series of violent acts in a country already plagued by drug-related gang activity.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Flynn O’Driscoll appoints Caoimhe Heery as employment partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dDIwzoRq1v
- Court of Appeal: Equitable damages award overturned after plaintiff relied on forged documents - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mHBwo6IPp
- The Guardian view on Julian Assange: do not extradite him https://t.co/DRPh1HRKf1
- MoJ drops wealth rule that denied legal aid to victims of domestic abuse: ‘Imaginary capital’ rules for home ownership falsely inflated wealth and deprived people of help https://t.co/AA3Z7GVFqf
- Courts service sets back paper probate deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/kNYXrHN0fI
- Law Society: Criminal solicitors are doing more work for less money | Law Gazette https://t.co/91lmWy4u8e
- Ministers’ proposals to align online and paper civil court fees are ‘unfair’, ‘unjustifiable’, will ‘damage UK businesses’ and restrict access to justice, the Civil Court Users Association (CCUA) has warned | NLJ https://t.co/hXH1GEjdGQ
- Concern over 'unrealistic' conveyancing expectations ahead of stamp duty deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/KPy4t6Cv9Z
- The whole of Wales will be placed under lockdown from midnight with festive plans cancelled for all but Christmas Day https://t.co/bqYfFzaZA
- The
Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a consultation on its proposed
ten-year strategy for the legal services sector | NLJ https://t.co/AxwgRgiyhX
- From midnight, a new tier four will be introduced in areas including London, Kent, Essex and Bedfordshire. For the rest of the country, the three household mixing limit has been cut from five days to just Christmas Day https://t.co/EdRuhNQmC
- Prisoner self-harm rising amid tighter restrictions https://t.co/xn8ajzhCzE
- Welsh ministers are in emergency talks to discuss "serious concerns" over the spread of a new strain of Covid-19 https://t.co/SvanA5qfAn
- Students step up to fill legal aid gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/jDMnjfY7u
- Master of the rolls defies homophobia in valedictory speech | Law Gazette https://t.co/hUYIL1UNZg
- A fourth tier of coronavirus restrictions is expected to be introduced in London and south-east England https://t.co/HtyhWeW7m
- Costs lawyers have weathered the COVID-19 crisis well, with more than a third reporting they are busier than ever | NLJ https://t.co/mAr9492Rs
- Brexit: Society welcomes French move on LLPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/jbz0LVfh1g
- COVID operating hours are ‘potentially discriminatory’ and ‘unlikely to have a significant impact’ on the backlog of cases in the criminal courts, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/baCnMxJbHg
- Norton Rose Fulbright to allow 50% home working | Law Gazette https://t.co/kQfZFQmhL
- CIArb lays out three-year action plan: Organisation highlights global thought leadership & diversity among its strategic aims | NLJ https://t.co/J5pmtxOHOI
- New Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a ‘Muslim problem' - study finds no credible evidence for a far-right stereotype that has spread widely in the media https://t.co/dVRwfOZ0SG
- Record number of court applications to prevent domestic violence | Law Gazette https://t.co/d7gHiBFZky
- #France charges Epstein ex-associate over sex crime claims: Prominent French modelling agent Brunel charged with rape of minors over the age of 15 and sexual harassment https://t.co/A4uo0SZuE
- #Myanmar gang-rape victim wins legal battle with military: Three rapists were jailed for 20 years with hard labour in a case that pitted a 36-year-old mother of four against the powerful military https://t.co/9c7rYhKx9w
- Appropriately socially distanced celebrations broke out in home offices around England and Wales as the results of the 2020 silk round were announced | NLJ https://t.co/Ps0kCEzL8c
- The New York Times has returned an award and had another withdrawn after it found discrepancies in its podcast on the Islamic State group. After a two-month investigation, the newspaper said the podcast, Caliphate, failed to meet its editorial standards https://t.co/3fbkS39Cxr
- Police warn solicitors about phishing scam | Law Gazette https://t.co/OsjteRhupG
- 737 Max: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in test after crashes https://t.co/PaNrgMXEb9
- #Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown https://t.co/v5sH6YOIum
- MPs call on government to thwart PlayStation 5 resale trolls - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WUlDEFjfUV
- England: Positive steps taken in legal services sector since CMA review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1n2sBPjVVp
- Standing junior counsel to the Scottish government appointed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U0SvUMOTw9
- Fiona Drysdale gains Scottish Civil Justice Council appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mh5kXDwdbo
- Call for views on Angiolini police complaints report - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yCR1YJV8I2
- Aberdein Considine boosts financial services team with appointment of Greig Brown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RLdHkM2cAW
- UK: MI6 ‘unilaterally assumed power’ to break law on UK soil - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9P7WqNZdN0
- Gardaí to issue cautions to adults caught with cannabis - Irish Legal News https://t.co/LcUPMNTURj
- Matheson chairman and partner Tim Scanlon has passed away at the age of 55 following a brief illness - Irish Legal News https://t.co/brrhQ4e2x7
- Millwall & Colchester United face no FA action after fans boo players taking knee https://t.co/wmKlLg9OtW
- Employers back requirement for large firms to disclose ethnicity pay gaps https://t.co/Kt8osOMhOr
- Fake 'immunity booster' found on sale in London shops https://t.co/BEtzqUO4m3
- An Asian police officer is suing the Met Police for sexual harassment and discrimination after receiving "hundreds" of racist and sexist messages from a senior colleague https://t.co/OYM2wBIbzf
