2239th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus Story: Demand for shark fin soup during Chinese New Year is high. But animal rights activists in Hong Kong want to get a popular dish off the menu. They say Hong Kong imports 5,000 tonnes of shark a year, roughly one-third of the fins come from endangered species.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Increasing responsibilities of deputies & trustees will be discussed at conference aimed at Court of Protection https://t.co/4rHib1jBRc
- Assistants wanted to support Supreme Court justices | NLJ https://t.co/wabFa2HFz5
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IydFssldun
- Social media trolls & cyberbullies to be targeted in independent review of the law on offensive communications https://t.co/uwzFeo0yKZ
- LASPO failing children: Research reveals thousands of young people ‘at grave risk’ | NLJ https://t.co/A2NFIYCiW3
- Forum bar prevents extradition | NLJ https://t.co/nh6a8GqzUG
- In-house data concerns | NLJ https://t.co/nhsKLfVDcw
- Stockport Lollipop man's high-five ban lifted in U-turn https://t.co/vY5QGnrWah
- Sexual harassment is about power. Why not fight it as we do bullying? https://t.co/V7TNJBxRcF
- What the media and politicians get wrong about domestic abuse https://t.co/V0dOhTL8zd
- New guide for barristers with children | NLJ https://t.co/puQyRfuB0O
- EU must end silence on human rights violations in #Egypt https://t.co/ZhFepENWQK
- #Thailand based Burmese Workers on Trial for Reporting Abuses https://t.co/N5KlXjutFT
- Church investment fund says it will refuse to reelect directors at firms over gender & climate change concerns https://t.co/lNeXtThIUg
- #Russia environmentalist attacked while investigating allegedly illegal logging & construction https://t.co/FrJXSfXmIE
- Ian Hurd: Everything I know about International Human Rights I Learned from The Clash https://t.co/Qphy3CavA8
- President Moon Jae-In should step up human rights reforms and amnesty jailed trade unionists #Korea https://t.co/8kSo2CxswI
- #Venezuela: ICC Prosecutor to Review Alleged Crimes https://t.co/cDpBZKS0NR
- Top EU Diplomat Should Deliver Tough Message to #Azerbaijan https://t.co/Ykhm8bVJBg
- #Canada selling weapons to #Philippines despite human rights concerns https://t.co/bFECFh3wcv
- UN Human Rights chief notes struggles in #Papua https://t.co/ldYGTnPq9c
- The conditions under which gold and diamonds are mined can be brutal https://t.co/TthdpnCL5k
- AKP Vice-Chair: Human rights 'have excelled' under Erdogan #Turkey https://t.co/UXUAxquVLl
- Gig economy plan 'weak' and 'unclear' | NLJ https://t.co/ISRK6PtCUO
- UK law firms reveal gender pay gap | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/sBZW8U3hUS
- Ashurst forms “joint operation” to practice Chinese law | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/1QnRmDe9CD
- Paris court to hear English cases | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/aezEUZQOib
- Kennedys grows Puru office | The Global legal Post... https://t.co/PsB2OXUAa2
- Woman’s legal bid to challenge confiscation order to keep property rejected https://t.co/cchlQcMbd2
- Struck-off solicitor Cameron Fyfe launches claims company https://t.co/fsbjZeObcC
- Asylum seekers’ legal challenge over ‘unlawful’ reduction in state support rejected https://t.co/bRe2eoOgDA
- TLT appoints John Paul Sheridan as head in Scotland https://t.co/uh4fW1vy8P
- Thorntons’ profits up by 18 per cent to £5.1m https://t.co/PsQ736yqBQ
- Bill proposed to reform law of negative prescription https://t.co/L5TVTOjpgT
- Hong Kong's top court frees student activists | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/aaP7ZUVFuk
- The probation service is in meltdown: how will Worboys be supervised? https://t.co/aa5pHkPzV5
- Oxfam Haiti prostitute claims: Charity did not give watchdog 'full details' https://t.co/HGUvRgNkdz
- Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell: Labour public ownership plan will cost nothing https://t.co/prhfXAG1VI
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fa7OzT5a4t
- Killer who ran a woman over as she tried to stop him stealing her handbag has gone on the run after being released… https://t.co/Imisq2cBYi
- Sing along with gender neutral #Canadian national anthem https://t.co/0uaiFe7NT0
- #SouthAfrica's 'Doom Pastor' found guilty of assault https://t.co/Z1hGgzPOyr
- Uber settles with Waymo on self-driving https://t.co/h1gZFiyezr
- Elaborate #France kidnap heist nets thieves 'millions' from cash van https://t.co/18nYsGWGbg
- #Mexico Zetas drugs cartel leader caught https://t.co/fbdhlD6Frg
- The clues right-wing terrorists give away https://t.co/8G0cEjhBV1
- Two bodies found on Malltraeth beach in Anglesey identified https://t.co/MOAAOgpqC4
- Lawyers for Rick Gates say they have 'irreconcilable differences' with client #US... https://t.co/3oB8hL4hMZ
- Cis-woman Joy Neville: Rugby union referee makes history https://t.co/sAsIffLKSh
- Brexit plan to keep Northern Ireland in customs union triggers row https://t.co/jDNe8Xf8ci
- Theresa May spent almost £1,000 on delivery of Brexit letter https://t.co/2uOGeAxyMy
- Lack of migrant workers left food rotting in UK fields last year, data reveals https://t.co/PFrd8yIyG7
- DPD splashed out on black-tie dinner on day after courier driver's funeral https://t.co/LCcLN8uW7H
- Fraudster who claimed family died in Grenfell Tower jailed for 21 months https://t.co/YHFRogcNsl
- Safety blunders expose lab staff to potentially lethal diseases in UK https://t.co/oNS2pMsbNk
- Ukip group fails in bid to restore EU funding amid fraud inquiry https://t.co/t75k3Kcr2o
- ‘The Beatles’ are dead or captured. But how to deal with Britain’s Isis fighters? https://t.co/NB2NZHIx1u
- Undercover police abused female activists. But the inquiry is a farce https://t.co/kgFqMPZDEk
- Durham student death: witness tells of 'shambles' of nightclub queue https://t.co/kNDPKDEsKr
- More than 100 New York City attorneys protest after Ice arrests Bronx man #US https://t.co/ht25SesVZD
- UK man jailed for five years after Tinder rape https://t.co/4XkhVPJ2P8
