2741st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: Prosecutors are defending their decision to drop criminal charges in one
of the worst man-made environmental disasters in US history.
City leaders in Flint, Michigan are accused of a crime against humanity
by knowingly piping drinking water poisoned with lead into people's
homes.
Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Family court system is ‘overloaded’, lawyers have warned after official quarterly statistics revealed child care proceedings take 33 weeks | NLJ https://t.co/Sd2nyTXE1f
- Understanding sight loss: awareness training for lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/NBgGNXyjVA
- Law firms are generally making progress when it comes to boosting the number of women in leadership roles―but some… https://t.co/HxPgxz7joB
- Calls to repeal pre-Victorian vagrancy laws | NLJ https://t.co/Z8bC4JkUjd
- More than two-thirds of adults below the age of 50 and earning £50,000 or more per year do not have a will | NLJ https://t.co/jPLpj9gtg
- Political consensus supported by ‘robust legal frameworks’ are required to tackle climate change and other environmental issues https://t.co/iJqCO0hLa2
- Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which is due to replace the current system for entry to the profession in… https://t.co/bgGF3tzRV0
- The courts and tribunals in England and Wales benefited from an extra £15m worth of repairs and improvements last year https://t.co/RHOUzpLn9L
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/s8H02pucMK
- Sir Humphrey votes Tory: Jeremy Corbyn criticises civil servants over frail health claims https://t.co/eOX9HiPxX5
- Passenger threatened with court for using screenshot of e-ticket https://t.co/atizDi6bVj
- Fine people who refuse to give evidence, says Damian Collins MP https://t.co/jOteSNiAqh
- Bearwood street fight leaves two men injured https://t.co/83kTk1ine6
- Cricket World Cup: Fan trouble at Pakistan v Afghanistan at Headingley https://t.co/RLhUTiWMAT
- Justice Secretary David Gauke has survived a no-confidence vote by his constituency Conservative Association https://t.co/pJnzSksrdJ
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends #Iran hunger strike after 15 days https://t.co/2FnAJVNSl7
- Ulster University review identifies governance failings https://t.co/tJ3nY9haiM
- Alleged defamation: Row as Benue election tribunal’s judge petitions police against litigant, lawyer #Nigeria https://t.co/eXOu9Bn291
- Supreme Court refuses government’s appeal in judges’ pensions discrimination case https://t.co/mrJAJYH8H
- Whistleblowing: Allegation that a supervisor was taking a patient's food was a qualifying disclosure https://t.co/ASSKFcfyOQ
- Top Tribunal Rules in Favor of #Polish Catholic Who Refused to Print LGBT Banner https://t.co/vNL9vLQF5
- Employment tribunals beset by delays and transfers https://t.co/msBOLuiI4y
- Faculty’s Fred Mackintosh has been titled Lawyer of the Week in the law section of The Times Scotland https://t.co/MFbi4CFIRD
- Lawyer for Martin Shkreli will make appeal to have him sprung from prison #US https://t.co/ujA1SN8D5W
- #Poland’s judiciary bodies don't guarantee independence, EU top lawyer says https://t.co/EVUiRDPC8z
- Ghosn lawyer says news conference canceled after his daughters raised concerns #Japan https://t.co/NIx72hA2B6
- Disgraced #US lawyer 'gave girl, 8, $100 every time he raped her' https://t.co/Fy1i1X9Hfz
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/c1RnvkYxob
- Peace in our time? Majority of barristers accept government offer | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/QGVJTMWkjy
- Online probate system to be widely rolled out from October | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/1eKMxypMAl
- BCLP to combine law and technology for in-house push | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/rAGBUC1nhC
- Unenforced judgments costing companies millions | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/dbgTFVHymG
- Watchdog raids Liverpool offices over data sales to PI firms | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/aGTVWmnP2U
- Senior partner duped in lottery scam took client money to access 'prize’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Evufk2O90b
- Men don't need grand gestures to support women in law | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/uu63dxy5aF
- North Yorkshire Police number-plate sold for £243,000 https://t.co/2nxJwOOCL