Friday

15th January - Law News

Edition 3306: 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: A major police investigation into the deaths Katie Perinovic and her three children at a home in Melbourne, Australia has continued through the night, with police stressing people should not speculate about what happened.

 
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 Focus of the Day Article: ICC celebrates record year for arbitration and mediation caseloads. Records fall as Paris body hails 9% increase in arbitration cases while its ADR centre registers its 400th case. Full story - The Global Legal Post  
 

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Thursday

14th January - Law News

Edition 3305: 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: Ugandans vote tomorrow in a presidential election pitting Yoweri Museveni, who's led the country for 35 years, against the challenger, the singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine. The campaign has been marred by violence against opposition candidates. Wine's supporters have been harassed and imprisoned, and many have lost their lives.

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 Focus of the Day Article: The High Court has ruled that a disciplinary tribunal should hear in full a private prosecution brought against current Law Society president David Greene. Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Garnham, sitting in Davies v Greene, ruled today that the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision to strike out the case in September 2019 was flawed and should be overturned.  Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Welsh police cancel fine for couple visiting care home - Carol and David Richards from Bridgend travelled seven miles to Porthcawl to visit her mother Decima Minhinnick, 94. Decima is the mother of Wales' celebrated poet Robert Minhinnick https://t.co/TcNNIPVFgD 
  • Enforcement agents may enter homes via video, court decides | Law Gazette https://t.co/vgBdp39Cpr 
  • Gateley weathers lockdown with 9.8% first-half profit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/KpAwwiBk2n 
  • Barrister and accountant link up to start SRA-regulated firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/SiwZKUXmkv
  • New measures at international firm to help staff through lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/4wv6oMjkIJ
  • When a trove of 1,500 artworks hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era art dealer was discovered in 2012, an investigation began to find out how many were looted from Jewish owners https://t.co/YT2UHmBSzn
  • Robert Rennie: An appreciation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/crU0i4umqp 
  • Tributes have been paid to Professor Robert Rennie, who has passed away following a sudden illness - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nqpYxs1QPr
  • Scottish creel fishers succeed in challenging rejection of fisheries proposal by Marine Scotland  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Xol3iQYE6W
  • Solicitor struck off for 'blatant self-interest' over in-law's property | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Dxzdu1YXB
  • 'Lonely, socially distanced' new MR is sworn in | Law Gazette https://t.co/xm9YSeREz
  • Major reform of Mental Health Act will empower individuals to have more control over their treatment and deliver on a key manifesto commitment https://t.co/TWWdlwwgHy 
  • Law Society president to face full SDT hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wlb722DyW2
  • Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers charged with prison officer attack https://t.co/rmt0VSx1n9
  • Covid tests for court users go ahead in 'limited' pilot scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/axVfasKMOF
  • New year, new rules: what family lawyers need to know post Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CJ2MddNJW
  • Macdonald Henderson named in Times Best Law Firm 2021 guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9ggUJ2RkS
  • Bedworth Pokemon player fined for lockdown breach over 14 mile travel https://t.co/6M63RjjWlF
  • Second edition of Evictions in Scotland – out now! - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LkOkTkB3KT
  • Non-legal businesses fill pandemic income gap for Gateley - Legal Futures https://t.co/v4xJ37J625
  • Law firm recoups 40% of negligence payout from barrister - Legal Futures https://t.co/6SKUD0A71s
  • City dominance of SRA board ends with ABS appointments - Legal Futures https://t.co/29PAE74Sw
  • SDT "wrong" to strike out prosecution of Law Society president - Legal Futures https://t.co/R6R60fhq1d
  • Covid restrictions around takeaway and click and collect services in Scotland are to tighten https://t.co/NmlMIcVFQp
  • Property sector can help re-build UK economy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8wlklSkF1d
  • Bruce Willis has admitted to making an "error of judgement" after reportedly being asked to leave a Los Angeles store for refusing to wear a face mask #US https://t.co/wzQrWdoawX
  • A coronavirus vaccine developed by #China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials https://t.co/H3lNdC9hsF
  • Sobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis https://t.co/YO1YslgkUt
  • Man who possessed weapons stash for terrorist purposes jailed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/evbSdKxxXV
  • Italy 'Ndrangheta group: Hundreds of alleged members of #Italy's most powerful mafia group are set to face justice in the country's biggest organised crime trial in decades https://t.co/R7JwfEBjzH
  • Drill and rap music on trial - increasingly being used as evidence with courts hearing allegations it incites gang rivalries. But some defence lawyers and academics say it stops defendants - often young black men - getting a fair trial https://t.co/RxPHF9FlBb 
  • Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder https://t.co/d9C8J7EWpF
  • The Margaret Taylor Interview: Fiona McKinnon on the gathering legal aid storm - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q7TUDz5x2I
  • Losing the Right to Have Rights: EU Externalization of Border Control | Martin Lemberg-Pedersen https://t.co/dVnNHjD8Lz
  • Effective Protection or Effective Combat? EU Border Control and North Africa | Martin Lemberg-Pedersen https://t.co/SWNbDQ2SH
  • Joan Bakewell threatens legal action over delays to second Covid vaccine dose https://t.co/m6GAVMBppZ
  • English Covid rules have changed 64 times since March, says barrister - Adam Wagner joins calls for clarity on lockdown restrictions and their enforcement by police https://t.co/9xFXqIlEl0
  • #Egyptian court acquits women jailed for 'inciting debauchery' on TikTok - Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham win appeal over two-year sentence https://t.co/KVFSkaDcDG 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell appeals bail rejection while awaiting trial #US https://t.co/FgcCBHtClc
  • Covid deaths in prisons in England and Wales rise by 50% in a month https://t.co/tqYLJMwmPk 
  • NI: First case of Covid-19 in female prisoner population confirmed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jYfZjSkL0H
  • Nial Osborough obituary: #Ireland’s greatest legal historian https://t.co/aVt0Yg2lLO 
  • Leak from mother and baby homes inquiry 'has undermined confidence' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/FGioqMDFCU 
  • High Court: Full costs awarded to partially successful applicants in judicial review proceedings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rst2pq3ybf
  • Lawyer in the news: Edward Cooke, Edward Cooke Family Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/WGFkQ800Za
  • My legal life: Sundeep Bhatia, Beaumonde Law Practice - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/G0wXSC3inf
  • NI: Rights watchdog launches judicial review over failure to fund abortion services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IFFI1W560N
  • Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system - with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people https://t.co/kVnN1L0CHu
  • Earl of Strathmore admits sex attack at Glamis Castle home https://t.co/XqLGm0jaFJ 
  • Huawei patent mentions use of Uighur-spotting tech #China https://t.co/Rh5ffZ3ngG 
  • Covid: Three Democratic lawmakers test positive after Capitol riot #US https://t.co/E5FyzNa8Xi 
  • Customs staff: Vaccinate us to keep trade flowing https://t.co/pNnsziXwfw
  • New York State Bar Association debates whether to strike Rudy Giuliani off - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7puNdOt2Lq 
  • Best of the blogs - 09 January 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/s1U1Y9oJpE

Wednesday

13th January - Law News

Edition 3304: 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: A devout Christian, Jerry Givens was US state of Virginia’s chief executioner, before he became an advocate of abolishing the death penalty.

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 Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors have voted in favour of changes to the make-up of Law Society council and limits on how long members can sit on it, although only 6% of the profession took part in the ballot. The votes followed a divided Law Society AGM in October, at which both motions were approved, but opponents only needed 20 solicitors present to call for postal ballots. Full story - Legal Futures 

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  • Whiplash reforms: Detail, not delay, is what lawyers need | Law Gazette https://t.co/G6MlHLqe5s
  • Firm abandons traditional home for ‘agile’ alliance | Law Gazette https://t.co/uiwrLzF2jH
  • Mohamud Mohammed Hassan killing: Hundreds march over alleged police brutality in Cardiff https://t.co/KhQ7qQ7wne
  • Four arrested over 'public nuisance' at Redditch and Birmingham hospitals https://t.co/QhbPvuRxsI
  • City elite slash office space | Law Gazette https://t.co/7L732m9RSi 
  • Panasonic backs startup’s early warning dispute tech | Law Gazette https://t.co/6d92lBysJ7
  • ‘Widen Domestic Abuse Bill powers’ says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/G5zW0DEZYt 
  • Jurisdiction in the UK in divorce and cohabitation cases post-Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QDB3RiaCL
  • Scotland’s top judges to sit in Supreme Court and JCPC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wxPIRHkEyx
  • Sheriff grants division and sale of Bearsden home jointly owned by feuding ex-sisters-in-law  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dBnogQwCmw
  • Home Office under pressure to reveal JR response | Law Gazette https://t.co/qlcCu1Vvzm 
  • News focus: 21 things for solicitors to look out for in 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/IOrj1iVXa0 
  • Paralegal accused of hiding cheques was unfairly dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/6n6rAaKN0
  • What powers do police have if people break Covid rules? https://t.co/JjvH4M6uJa
  • Covid in Scotland: Lockdown lifting 'unlikely' as deaths pass 5,000 https://t.co/64ya6OQRf
  • Tesco, Asda and Waitrose ban shoppers without face masks https://t.co/7clu90rOuz
  • Quinn Emanuel posts bumper London results | Law Gazette https://t.co/vi8MBDRNW
  • Whiplash reforms delayed another month | Law Gazette https://t.co/HtaDm0Pqjf
  • How I survived a #Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs https://t.co/MyeLkUsPef
  • Labour facing another split over police immunity in 'spy cops' bill - Shami Chakrabarti warns of ‘grave risk’ of human rights abuses if bill passes without amendment https://t.co/xPzmPsFQf
  • The father of one of three men murdered in a park terror attack has called on the home secretary to "tell us why" the killer was deemed safe to be free https://t.co/FwmUO0vDV
  • A deal has been agreed in principle for the sale of Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Homes and Bonmarché chains, which are on the brink of closure https://t.co/338cNBSEt
  • Government urged to redraft 'watered down' evictions ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/llFMDimfrx 
  • Profession backs reforms to Law Society council - Legal Futures https://t.co/F1TsJ0r0m
  • Solicitors vote to overhaul Law Society governance | Law Gazette https://t.co/YY3Wq6icMS
  • Solicitor fined for role in £29m off-plan development schemes - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y4pipVknF
  • QC and accountant set up ABS regulated by SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/1G1VAMvX4
  • Downing Street has defended Boris Johnson for riding his bicycle seven miles from home, saying he complied with Covid rules during his trip https://t.co/sbCF5rXMy0
  • Lisa Montgomery: #US judge has granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery - just hours before the only woman on America's federal death row was due to be given a lethal injection https://t.co/pJLsgT65Sc
  • Lockdown rule-breakers are more likely to be fined as Covid laws will be enforced "more quickly", the UK's most senior police officer has said https://t.co/R7wJ93daW
  • HMCTS boosts messaging as court concerns grow | Law Gazette https://t.co/1ULPCePkaa
  • High Court grants barrister her “dying wish” and halves suspension - Legal Futures https://t.co/S3VuAuWv7y
  • THE INSTRUMENTS OF PRE-BORDER CONTROL IN THE EU A NEW SOURCE OF VULNERABILITY FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS | Paix et Sécurité Internationales Journal of International Law and International Relations https://t.co/E2RkLjFsdm
  • Wales: Prisons should offer free cannabis to drug-dependent prisoners to determine whether it could stem overdose deaths and reduce violence, a police and crime commissioner has said - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZFM7IB2L5
  • #US Congressional committee orders publication of report on UFOs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8g20jcPZl6
  • #SouthKorea court orders Japan to compensate wartime sex slaves - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nlVMQKoqF
  • Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) will host a conference on ethics over three virtual sessions in the coming weeks - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/23DZslSRJo
  • Terra Firma Sponsors STEP Scotland Discussion Forum - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lGURl2kscF
  • England: Family judges urged to challenge lawyers emailing outside acceptable hours - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EcfSXO4ku
  • Render unto Cesar… Ground-breaking decision ‘highlights inadequate protection for PRS tenants’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D7MNmiTLg3
  • Lynn Melville has joined Blackadders as a partner; an accomplished lawyer in the private client field, will be based in the Dundee and Perth office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mo47UGdGu
  • Employment lawyer Hayley Johnson has joined Morton Fraser as an associate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3QkaGCMdgO
  • A #US Capitol police officer, African-American Eugene Goodman, is being called a hero for singlehandedly steering a mob away from the Senate chambers during the deadly riots https://t.co/epWUchxePB
  • Henry Hendron to appear before disciplinary tribunal - again - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tVTVmXiFQ
  • Police are investigating 24 year old's death hours after his release from custody where he allegedly received severe bruising. Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested at his Cardiff home on suspicion of breach of the peace https://t.co/wQKrhXi5
  • All over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new Welsh Government plans https://t.co/jNP3MrxOY
  • Parler social network, popular with Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists, sues Amazon for pulling support https://t.co/KPC9rEyj5
  • #UAE dropped from UK travel corridor list https://t.co/uBWiG4GGri
  • UK residents can apply for a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to access emergency medical care in the EU when their current EHIC card runs out https://t.co/9kFpKUC57l
  • A Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules https://t.co/dRhg8ZkMrP
  • An eye health charity is recommending people learn the "20-20-20" rule to protect their sight, as lockdown has increased people's time using screens https://t.co/xb9ttkM63b
  • Two women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn. Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, when they were "surrounded" by officers https://t.co/CVBCmgocYh
  • Trials delayed endlessly due to deliberate absence of Investigating Officers, such officers ridicule justice delivery system: Kerala HC #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/IxTP1FE2db

Tuesday

12th January - Law News

Edition 3303: 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: The Indonesian navy has released footage of divers searching through the wreckage of a passenger plane which crashed into the sea at the weekend as the hunt for its black boxes resumes. Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 left Jakarta with 62 people on board, but vanished from the radar on its way to Borneo island on Saturday. Search teams have found aircraft parts and human remains and believe they know where the black boxes are located.

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 Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors in West Lothian will move to adjourn future trial diets as concern over the safety of courts in Scotland grows.The Faculty of West Lothian Solicitors has endorsed the response of the Glasgow Bar Association to the Lord President, Lord Carloway, who this week said failure to comply with court safety rules may constitute contempt of court. Full story - Scottish Legal News 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Baker McKenzie appoints new global COO - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VirwGMIVGM
  • Survey on Arbitration Law in #India 2020 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/pTGNvaBAOA
  • Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says #US https://t.co/1OaZNEVVET
  • Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani being investigated by New York State Bar Association #US https://t.co/nLLxshnqiD
  • Nottingham Law School defends decision to keep closed-book LPC exams during lockdown - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ktahGyvbH
  • Nick Scott re-elected to serve second term as Brodies’ managing partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GaP2JV9QN2
  • Consent Laws in the #US: Age, Assault and Statutory Rape | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/OfIyxZ1nHF
  • Covid-19: Majority of summary trials to be adjourned - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5pGfJ8Nou
  • Van living and alternative legal lifestyles - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/nCzKcyVxAi
  • Innovating an outdated criminal justice system - Legal Futures https://t.co/0iFA5HyMve
  • How Kerala High Court’s prompt intervention ensured a convict tortured by prison officials received immediate medical attention #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/KRvOoBqY
  • Non-fatal strangulation set to become criminal offence in UK | https://t.co/4s8iZFNRtr
  • Lawyers put in 20 extra work days when working from home - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cUZyPEdGP
  • Law Society to investigate historical links with slave trade - Legal Futures https://t.co/INWAHHfyfn
  • Trump National in Bedminster has been stripped of the US PGA Championship in 2022 as its organisers felt using the course as host would be "detrimental" https://t.co/ngDmChVENL
  • Morrisons to ban inconsiderate shoppers who refuse to wear face masks https://t.co/XwD8l3LHHM
  • Supermarket staff: "People did take the first lockdown a lot more seriously - in this lockdown we're lucky if people are wearing masks." https://t.co/gn9WvIbE8d
  • Reading stabbings: Khairi Saadallah who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park has been handed a whole-life jail term https://t.co/SmNmdjiJLN
  • COVID attack on UCL law student racially motivated, court finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zzkqmL3VI
  • Solicitor used disbursement cash to keep firm afloat - Legal Futures https://t.co/6fhnidfQPs
  • Life as a private equity lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mnpwHSECXO
  • Tribunal finds law firm unfairly dismissed paralegal - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ox6ICntF6a
  • SmartDot radiation-protection phone stickers 'have no effect' https://t.co/hgSDOkJBUY 
  • English High Court rules GCHQ general warrants require sufficient specificity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HcUV1xZqHp 
  • Whiplash reforms delayed AGAIN - but only for a month this time - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hn5lkIRdCp 
  • NewLaw firm teams up with Queen Mary Uni to launch postgrad work experience programme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p3njZKxDh
  • 6 Reasons so Many Spiritual People Have Been Fooled by Qanon https://t.co/urHOjzowoi
  • Article 3 psychiatric cases: history and latest developments (Part 2) — Ruby Peacock - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ZeVIIl1dgQ
  • The Idiocy of Covid Denial: The truth behind videos of 'empty' hospitals https://t.co/myzuAxS0Rw
  • A Lesser Evil? The European Agenda on Migration and the Use of Aid Funding for Migration Control (forthcoming 2017, Irish Yearbook of International Law) | Daria Davitti https://t.co/MhdyUmmnTT
  • Former AZB lawyer joins Dhir & Dhir, Vaish lawyers as Partner at Imperial Law Offices #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/HvEVpRIAu
  • Parler social network, which had provided a platform to far-right white supremacists since its inception, drops offline after Amazon pulls support https://t.co/KPC9rEyj5
  • 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty https://t.co/wzd9pzkvVr
  • Article 3 psychiatric cases: history and latest developments (Part 1) - Ruby Peacock - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/weAq0G0aE
  • Covid has undermined UK's chronically under-funded justice system https://t.co/uiAZUFSS52 
  • From lawyer to author: The legal books that hit shelves in 2020 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/PeFlhfC5Cm
  • Perceptions on LGBTQI+ inclusion efforts differ depending on sexual orientation - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jZpHjFWQn3
  • Covid leading to four-year waits for England and Wales court trials https://t.co/2jA0yzyRm
  • A Young Law-Firm Partner (Male) - veryday experiences in the life of a young lawyer hoping to find humour in the bizarre and sense in the chaos #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/81GGiShHmb 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Lockdown Again (Again) - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/yq5yYQWxhJ
  • Can You Ever Get Off the Sex Offender Registry? #US | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/MwnO3HZwR
  • Allahabad HC imposes costs of Rs 9,000 on lawyer for ‘not permitting court to function’, later recalls order on request by Bar President #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/UeV4y5YhZa
  • Do the litigation and class action recommendations go far enough? #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YjWXEr4a0N
  • What Happens When Soccer Players Get in Trouble for Tax Fraud? | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/cIzyebMNG
  • My life in law: Sally Davies on rising through the ranks to make Mayer Brown’s first female London managing partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ku8bBEkz1V
  • Role of the Bar Council of #India as a regulator: Untenable with the real vision of legal education? | Bar & Bench https://t.co/PvP2la8R6G
  • Important changes to DAC6 regime in the UK https://t.co/F951A91FYu
  • Google's plan to replace tracking cookies goes under UK antitrust probe https://t.co/KeiAquwrp2 
  • Police officer crushed in doorway by rioters during #US Capitol breach – video https://t.co/RLFFpq2Ii5 
  • #NewZealand's central bank says its systems have been hacked https://t.co/MbE54qIrW6
  • Kevin Lane publishes book in hope of overturning murder conviction - 53-year-old sentenced to life for 1994 murder of Robert Magill but hopes to shed more light on his case https://t.co/sXFQUEZjmo

Monday

11th January - Law News

Edition 3302: 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: A footbridge in China's Wuhan is honoring healthcare workers from all over the country for fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Its 32 plates display profiles of medical teams from across China's provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and its army.


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Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has responded to a consultation on communication offences that was launched by the Law Commission. Full story - New Law Journal  


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