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13th June - Law News

Edition 3456: 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: Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has risen for the third consecutive month.The number of trees destroyed in May was also 67 percent higher than the same time last year. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro promised to increase funding to protect the Amazon in April, but is yet to follow through.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Cardiff cyclist confronts driver who sexually harassed her - Nanw Beard was cycling in Cardiff when the driver pulled up alongside her and said her "backside was going to cause an accident" https://t.co/nANfYOJjhz
  • Manager fined after firm took on probate matter with no experience | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yb0G7EzOlK
  • Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland to host webinar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yNTbmGh9Ba 
  • The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a ‘consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime’ | NLJ https://t.co/dEuoNwousm
  • NI: Internal review concludes PPS made right decision on Bobby Storey funeral - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1zFSIrC6Pg
  • ‘A powerful reminder to politicians’: Assisted dying campaigner’s final message | Law Gazette https://t.co/JHpIeSQGFt
  • #Eriksen 'awake' in hospital after collapsing on pitch - wonderful player and here's hoping he will be fine soon. Football is united for you Christian https://t.co/cTlBnOTcaY
  • Burges Salmon sees further growth in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Fde0TzSwTd 
  • A guide to costs and available funding for aspiring solicitors has been published ahead of the start of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) | NLJ https://t.co/h5zSyyOvoM 
  • NI: Over two-thirds believe PPS is fair and impartial - Irish Legal News https://t.co/e4lJPraBMr 
  • Legal aid lawyers paid £20.12 per hour for early JR work | Law Gazette https://t.co/9XfgPrysA4 
  • MSP calls on UK government to enforce law to protect the young from online pornography - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IV2AB5J0Dp
  • Lawyers have expressed dismay at ministers’ decision to delay divorce reforms for six months while it grapples with issues regarding technology, legal, and court procedures | NLJ https://t.co/Ul0IIsVbfh 
  • Solicitors have been invited to join a project to develop a regulator-approved reviews scheme for potential clients shopping around for legal services. | NLJ https://t.co/yjenLFaVOC
  • There is a "culture" of bullying in the Welsh NHS which leaves people scared to raise issues, several staff have said https://t.co/cObpDML9sn
  • Professor Colin Harvey: Making Northern Ireland's 'special arrangement' work - Irish Legal News https://t.co/m5fhHRzDIW
  • Crown court backlog starts to dip | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZQ4XIi7aIj
  • In #Australia, a New Look at Immigration: ‘It’s About Our Friends’ https://t.co/on0NsLa0om 
  • After two white families claimed a grade calculation error, a Mississippi school added their children as co-valedictorian and co-salutatorian, reviving questions about race and equity #US https://t.co/5POz31l7d1
  • #US Justice Dept. Watchdog to Investigate Seizure of Democrats’ Data https://t.co/ziIWFgz863 
  • Handing out peerages to Tory donors https://t.co/V11cablHlk
  • Harper Macleod: Investment in Scotland’s entrepreneurs defied the pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wSdAQPhi4
  • The path is clear for the UK to seek a virtual trial in the case of Harry Dunn, the foreign secretary has said. The 19-year-old died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019 when a car driven by suspect Anne Sacoolas hit his motorbike https://t.co/2gspwgPuGG
  • Migration in the Greek Cypriot Press between 2011-2015: Visibility, topics, figures and the debate between pro-migrant and anti-migrant discourses | Irini Kadianaki, Maria Avraamidou, and Elisavet Panagiotou https://t.co/SGouEEWnwX
  • Law firms paid an average of 30% more for their professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal this spring, according to a report, ‘Solicitors Season Review’, by Lockton Solicitors last month | NLJ https://t.co/yArmqtoOAs
  • #Israeli army shutdown of health organization will have catastrophic consequences for Palestinian healthcare https://t.co/G5Qnhu3fSa 
  • RT @PaulbernalUK: One day, son, none of this will be yours. https://t.co/cmfezzsOwU
  • Forensic evidence relating to the death of MI6 agent Gareth Williams in 2010 is to be re-examined, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Mr Williams, 31, from Anglesey, was found dead by police officers inside a zipped holdall at his London flat https://t.co/FIqnYfrQMh 
  • NI: Solicitors appointed as trustees of Halifax Foundation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tpgWRa8Tt9 
  • Announcement expected on SIF closure | Law Gazette https://t.co/JOe0INSW00
  • Hate crime charges up by four per cent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/srJWFAwefJ
  • Two police forces have agreed to settle claims of survivors and friends and family of those who died in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster for the cover up that followed, law firm Edwin Coe has confirmed | NLJ https://t.co/6lHuvPfpfe
  • Court of Appeal: Clamp removal fees for illegally parked cars are subject to VAT - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dezaqzb7wz 
  • City partner struck off for inflating billing figures | Law Gazette https://t.co/uqG1ShtpUq 
  • Sheriff Appeal Court holds woman who witnessed Glasgow bin lorry crash not entitled to damages for psychological harm - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LKVv47x4u5