Today's video story: ABC's Four Corners obtained footage showing a boy, Dylan Voller, who is hooded and strapped into a mechanical restraint chair for almost two hours in March 2015.
Focus of the day: The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposed reforms to the SRA handbook and accounts rules risk ‘weakening client protection’ and ‘damaging the reputation of the solicitor profession both at home and abroad’, the Law Society has warned. The Law Society has urged solicitors to give feedback on the changes, and has released guidance, case studies and a template submission to help solicitors. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- Lord Neuberger discusses European influence on the common law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s47MhzIyOP
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- Sheila Westwater celebrates 30 years with Faculty Services Limited - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KtIKxPPX2B
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- ICAS: Interest rate reform required in personal bankruptcy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ccNm5WiIjS
- Standing up to attacks on LPP | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ymCjIinuJ
- Solicitor faces £46k prosecution bill despite charges being found unproven | Law Gazette https://t.co/a3VdxW8qT4
- Leading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/J0q0uakcyv
- Women and BAME hopefuls offered coaching to reach judiciary | Law Gazette https://t.co/zvRcP924Ob
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- Lawyers back proposals for family justice observatory | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Ca6ZVgfjj5 Sep 02, 2016
- SRA urges competition watchdog to help it secure independence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Ibr2Irq28E
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- Jail staff lacked compassion for prisoner who took his life, inquest finds https://t.co/0YWA4QHgl9
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- Scottish independence: SNP launches fresh independence drive https://t.co/vCXW2rpczh
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- Melania Trump sues Daily Mail and US blogger for $150m over sex worker claims #US https://t.co/RkwyxF0EU8
- Man remanded in custody over police pursuit deaths in south-east London https://t.co/byjlAZeiHn
- ‘Bureaucratic’ gateway barrier to discrimination help, solicitors warn | Law Gazette https://t.co/WgSVhfftt9
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