2984th 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: With Malaysia's government locked in a power struggle between Anwar Ibrahim and recently resigned PM Mahathir Mohamad, Asian Studies Professor James Chin tells The World the country "needs traffic policemen rather than politicians" due to all the political manoeuvring.
Focus of the Day Article: Constraints on legal aid fees are preventing defendants from accessing high-quality forensic science expertise, the Forensic Science Regulator warns today. Publishing an annual report for 2019, Dr Gillian Tully once again urges the government to put the regulator on a statutory footing to enforce high standards. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- Funder exposed to costs as CoA says Arkin rule not binding | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/mga6ZnETY5
- Coronavirus: IBA postpones two Tokyo conferences | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/G1N5yFBEmi
- Star solicitor helped VIP avoid paedophilia prosecution | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/b6nViosaBz
- 'Be prepared to wait all day': HMCTS outlines court expectations | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/GjLWRiTvbn
- Child’s play: unprepared 15-year-old scores half-marks in super-exam | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FsXLXXwWBn
- ‘Law without the lawyers’: Firm’s venture lets clients do the work | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6UVxxNVHaA
- Opening doors to the legal profession | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/oy40HPdaWe
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2nEpIzBnLG
- The Guardian view on Delhi’s violence:#India prime minister Modi stoked this fire | Editorial https://t.co/ERCRrzLfA0
- The anti-Muslim riots have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sectarians #India https://t.co/eJhZ5FiVEr
- Health secretary Matt Hancock clarifies coronavirus travel advice after criticism https://t.co/2lofZVArWv
- Why are #NewZealanders still not allowed to know the identity of Grace Millane's killer? https://t.co/tRwrK3rJtR
- #Dubai ruler trying to keep two judgments secret, UK court hears https://t.co/HTQlAtCygV
- Set them free! The judge who liberates #Nigerians forgotten in jail https://t.co/SG7a7EgyNh
- #German court repeals ban on assisted suicide services https://t.co/KhV7LhidS8
- Julian Assange asks to sit with lawyers for extradition case https://t.co/NwE1Ay1xQ
- George Clooney 'saddened' by alleged child labour on Nespresso coffee farms https://t.co/xiN9pU1fc3
- Defra challenged over 'unlawful' release of 57m game birds in UK https://t.co/licLmM9SEc
- Consent forms don’t capture the reality of rape – and place the burden of proof on victims https://t.co/4OGk1DmBZx
- A respected dance school is facing a lawsuit from a student who says she sustained injuries after being made to lift a “significantly” heavier partner https://t.co/SNBUIenau
- Prosecutor Karon Rollo visits Kilgraston School https://t.co/uockg0yKSn
- Kay McFarlane, a successful young solicitor from Ayr who was due to be sentenced for a driving offence has sadly died https://t.co/hu7BX46vU1
- Domestic abuse incidents rise by two per cent to 61,000 https://t.co/1diE736UFs
- Laura McBrien appointed director of diploma at Edinburgh Law School https://t.co/pPw2CHcXez
- New sensory hearing facilities to support children and young people opens https://t.co/CwxzASFj9z
- Wigs and gowns out of fashion at Glasgow Sheriff Court https://t.co/QE8RpN9l99
- TLT and Gillespie Macandrew on SSE legal panel https://t.co/QaQiPiyi0d
- Scottish Law Commission seeks views on improving cohabitation https://t.co/M3bGJFfuUG
- Ruth Crawford QC becomes first woman Faculty Treasurer https://t.co/SV8tTIYTIf
- Justice gets 'smart' as drug prosecutions fall https://t.co/7XXSRkSIUO
- Disabled criminal injuries case worker awarded £30,000 after suing MoJ over dismissal https://t.co/6TRKpuyJTZ
- Six-year-old girl arrested at Florida school #US https://t.co/xuF8KJ69VT
- Greggs paper bag lands student in court on littering charge, 11 years later https://t.co/Fu1UIzRMyW
- ‘Being poor is not inevitable or due to personal flaws. I know, I’ve been there’ https://t.co/5bDlwVLpxU
- Delhi remains on edge, Muslim homes and shops being targeted by violent pro-government mobs & police standing by #India https://t.co/y73TpflDm7
- Homelessness: Rough sleeping five times higher than official figure https://t.co/yRLvRlxifO
- Facebook dramas 'consuming Merthyr Tydfil council's energy' https://t.co/72ML8FR35y
- Coronavirus: UK patients face 'random' tests to check spread https://t.co/46zc2meoLV
- Trump Demands 2 Liberal Justices Recuse Themselves From His Cases #US https://t.co/PsPXKgmQAr
- New Delhi Streets Turn Into Battleground, Hindus vs. Muslims #India https://t.co/VlycsKNbLv
- On February 25, 1992, #Armenian troops embarked on a massacre of more than 613 Azerbaijanis, including women and children https://t.co/bM2fLDly9g
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/w0AU2sKiHw
- Peer calls for regulation overhaul as CMA plans review | Legal Futures https://t.co/0NC8vRDLlj
- LOD launches unregulated firm for in-house advice | Legal Futures https://t.co/8w06PbqBqe
- 'How do I convince the Home Office I'm a lesbian?' https://t.co/wenQVfAYRM
- FBI raids fashion mogul Peter Nygard's HQ in sex trafficking probe #US https://t.co/ioXeWavL5T
- Scottish drugs summit over tackling death rate https://t.co/qgJgD73D0D
- County lines: Police arrest 46 in raids across the UK https://t.co/fMhomop5SP
- Sickest patients 'facing hours stuck on trolleys' https://t.co/OYS2JLGQ5s
