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Today's Video Focus: President Trump has often said he’s knowledgeable about science and medicine, but he is not a doctor, which is why many were alarmed when he said in a coronavirus press conference people should inject disinfectants into their bodies to fight the virus.
Focus of the Day Article: An emergency hardship fund has been established for barristers to support junior lawyers in financial distress as many do not qualify for the UK government’s coronavirus support scheme. Full story - Scottish Legal News
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Baker McKenzie boss 'would have been suspended today', tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/0fd7TKqiC3
- Buckland urged to extend deadline for discrimination and harassment claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/vK03vglquF
- Judge sounds warning about ‘lazy’ solicitors over years of inactivity | Law Gazette https://t.co/iBR4N9mde
- QC Appointments bows to pressure and donates to legal charities | Law Gazette https://t.co/9XGe2ReHL
- Fieldfisher takes on litigation funders with DBA insurance | | Law Gazette https://t.co/8QUenhaAP
- Burford upbeat despite 24% profit slide | Law Gazette https://t.co/g6WvpkqrCw
- New agreement aims to keep PI claims going through Covid crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/ts1Us1Npa
- Wills reform must not endanger the elderly, says government | Law Gazette https://t.co/xAsj7rc1ni
- Ashurst delays partner promotions in City first | Law Gazette https://t.co/thuUgr2zWn
- ‘Unethical’: Top-100 firm declines furlough option | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FJP874uFuP
- Coronavirus: Second health board under-reported deaths https://t.co/7G9R0yUul
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nKCYzBrmrp
- A key pillar of the hostile environment has just been backed by the appeal court https://t.co/NdsvDMH
- British Airways to cut up to 12,000 jobs as air travel collapses https://t.co/NNIsfAyNPP
- Royal Navy submarine lockdown party captain sacked https://t.co/v0XZvhxXa
- Coronavirus: Millions more to be eligible for testing https://t.co/QUxvaZtJEZ
- Perceptions of consent in male rape: evidence-based and inclusive policy making, in C. Ashford et al (eds.), Consent and Control: Legal Perspectives on State Power (2016) | Phil Rumney https://t.co/dZb9DPxetb
- Sacked hospitality workers sleeping rough: Homelessness charity says it has ‘never witnessed a more distressing situation’ than during coronavirus crisis https://t.co/aeA8v2hAcX
- Interested members of the public may now ‘dial-in’ to listen to substantive Court of Session Inner House appeals https://t.co/eH16H0uP98
- Glasgow accounts manager jailed for £239k embezzlement scheme https://t.co/C7sijhGWTa
- Poland's top judge and prominent government critic prepares to step down https://t.co/ndkPZoQkqc
- Hathi Trust – a free digital library of interest to Scottish Legal News readers https://t.co/1FOZeHXcMx
- England: Emergency fund established for barristers https://t.co/56tHUuGzx
- 'We will meet again' – Homage to the Signet Library https://t.co/N9dJCv8xu
- The death penalty can be handed down for the theft or destruction of manhole covers, Chinese judges have been told https://t.co/TAEJEWZPUC
- Megan MacInnes: Shaping our futures - communities and the Right to Buy for Sustainable Development https://t.co/5AGjcDf7Tu
- Law Society accuses SLCC of being 'tone deaf' over proposed solicitor levy increases https://t.co/XuCudpoee9
- Man who raped woman in hotel loses appeal against conviction https://t.co/ChDdPjvSR0
- Scots urged to wear coronavirus face masks for shopping and travel https://t.co/yRNAYZoQww
- Son of doctor who died from Covid-19 confronts Matt Hancock over PPE https://t.co/n9o1ovrL4I
- Pentagon releases three UFO videos taken by #US Navy pilots https://t.co/FRmIKoM9W
- MPs to try to ban 'rough sex' murder defence in domestic abuse bill https://t.co/UCFJfans2L
- Convicted terrorists less likely to reoffend than other criminals – study https://t.co/IUb2VAw7yX
- Not all pupils will return to school at once when coronavirus restrictions are eased, Wales Education Minister Kirsty Williams has said https://t.co/mBulYx9Dxg
- Government pledges £3.1m for children abused in lockdown https://t.co/kYTTnVpf32
- Coronavirus innovation: Swansea scientists speed-clean ambulance https://t.co/Fiuv0ZAs9t
- Detroit Students Have a Constitutional Right to Literacy, Court Rules #US https://t.co/MDgGaOdQZS
- As scientists at the Jenner Institute prepare for mass clinical trials, new tests show their vaccine to be effective in monkeys https://t.co/fOhSb7z6qL
- Future for the Bar "bleak" as workload collapses for many | Legal Futures https://t.co/L4UZADNeQ
- QC body donates £200k to benevolent associations | Legal Futures https://t.co/xUN8DDNjrt
- Your business can WFH, but how do you cope without staff? | Legal Futures https://t.co/M0hoeJjlLF
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/y6dKPCVeM2
- Missing Luke Durbin 'had a debt to county lines dealers' https://t.co/PApomW2j3C
- Coronavirus quandary: Some patients in #SouthKorea get virus again https://t.co/LFcxfsLVCX
- The Guardian view on Dominic Cummings: is he able to give Sage advice? | Editorial https://t.co/iiwUVSkOuR
- FTSE 100 firms using furlough scheme pay CEOs average of £3.6m https://t.co/Pwcag4fGOy
- Ministers meet unions and business to plan getting UK back to work https://t.co/7IYbw8lo0Z
- UK betting firms to stop advertising on TV and radio during lockdown https://t.co/KKylCzl4oF
- Wales could lift coronavirus lockdown before rest of UK, says first minister https://t.co/XAJdWZWRTy
- Sales of almost 400,000 homes stalled due to lockdown, says Zoopla https://t.co/dpW0unchND
- Sunak unveils 100% state-backed loans for small firms https://t.co/HQUslgCIQ1
- Families of front line NHS and social care staff in England who die from coronavirus will be entitled to a £60,000 payment https://t.co/MmFyGhWwNP
- UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE https://t.co/hG1X8LksPq
