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23rd August - Law News

Edition 3162: 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.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The Supreme Court said on Friday that Jains could offer prayers, on Saturday and Sunday only, at any one of three temples in Mumbai - in the city's Dadar, Byculla and Chembur neighbourhoods - as part of festivities surrounding the eight-day Paryushan festival. The top court said prayers could be offered as long as SOPs in place during the Covid pandemic, including the use of face masks and social distancing, were strictly enforced.




Saturday Conversations on Law
  • E Book: Litigation in the Time of Covid-19: Legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency https://t.co/bePL9dvmpF
  • New £10,000 fines for organisers of illegal raves from Friday https://t.co/Upz3Jzoc1h
  • Look, no hands: reality and robot cars | Law Gazette https://t.co/ByikSHpT49
  • Struck-off solicitor criticised for 'grossly offensive' George Floyd reference | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pti1BXYvO3
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/X8CketdyhT
  • Coronavirus pandemic: Children aged 12 and over should wear masks - WHO https://t.co/jyq4mAqzRG
  • Bar condemns Zimbabwe’s treatment of human rights lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/Icfq9zIbU7
  • Local society adds its voice to Hong Kong concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Qb4PFt9X9
  • Osborne Clarke retains 96% of trainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/fh3odBX0Ui
  • SFO charges three men over Axiom legal financing fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/ChqotzckxK
  • Housing possession proceedings suspension extended again | Law Gazette https://t.co/82ulDykqkr
  • HMCTS chief goes back to school | Law Gazette https://t.co/QjyCeTa99v
  • £51m boost for criminal legal aid - but more needed say lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/i9BBj1UZTR
  • President Trump hopes to end DACA, which has granted employment authorization to thousands of young immigrants. Already, some large employers are refusing to hire them #US https://t.co/Do2xGlZp
  • Barr announces Operation Legend, controversial DOJ program, nets nearly 1,500 arrests #US https://t.co/bLUDGtAquq
  • Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has pleaded not guilty and been released from police custody in #Greece following his arrest on the island of Mykonos https://t.co/vBkRxqxAHe
  • Rohingya cry for justice deserves to be heard https://t.co/uum4Y2JOtt
  • UK shop workers 'in firing line of vile, abusive customers', as shops are closing and surviving businesses making redundancy plans https://t.co/O2L2qZZJl
  • More than 700 lawyers signed a letter to Chief Justice of #India S A Bobde, expressing their concern with the "trend that has emerged in recent times to browbeat and intimidate the judiciary" https://t.co/h5nlCpUQU
  • how many redundant employees are about to become one of the millions to fall into the ‘hidden justice gap’ highlighted by the Law Centres Network in its Law For All report last month | Law Gazette https://t.co/UiVzXE329u
  • Legal professionals are too busy to win new business, despite the average value of a case being £4,000, according to a new research report https://t.co/IjdpI3q1KB
  • Legal Sector Embrace Technology Thanks To Pandemic: a sector not well known for embracing technology, relying on laws that are hundreds of years old, the public perception of this archaic sense of working can be understandable https://t.co/UP2xOlgns4
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6p6hO5cf6V
  • Against the law: why judges are under attack, by the Secret Barrister https://t.co/S1s0YUOZB
  • #US actress Lori Loughlin, star of the sitcom Full House, has been sentenced to two months in prison for her part in a US college admissions scam https://t.co/W3DTd8hww4
  • The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 https://t.co/nfe7HdHDF
  • Two men have been charged under the Terrorism Act as part of an ongoing investigation into the New IRA https://t.co/WhFCFT0z9p
  • UK tourists have spent thousands of pounds on new flights and endured long drives in a race to get home before new coronavirus travel rules kicked in https://t.co/sOOYFtK6C
  • New UK Framework for Foreign Investment - A Proposed New Framework for Increased Scrutiny https://t.co/ROcvmkJyMY
  • Keystone Law continues recruitment drive with bumper hiring spree from Clifford Chance and others | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/R4pCYjXF98
  • UK class action style claim filed over Marriott data breach https://t.co/fAfHz7sqP4
  • The legal issues that trustees and employers need to consider in relation to defined benefit (DB) superfunds need to be given more attention, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has warned https://t.co/6FMgkQ180Y
  • Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has entered a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to improve support for deaf customers accessing its services by telephone https://t.co/9BXR4Cm4
  • Phones could detect drinking over legal driving limit https://t.co/0XqwKOJPDw
  • NI: In full: Institute of Professional Legal Studies 2020 prizewinners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lFO1FKEMhr
  • Solicitor that dealt with property sales to a client base in Russia and Ukraine has been suspended for nine months by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal after failing to put in place anti-money laundering safeguards https://t.co/w1D5601CKn 
  • Police cancel ban on Paris Saint-Germain shirts in Marseille for Champions League final #France https://t.co/RJrqpHNn9r 
  • From defending Ivan Milat to seeking justice on Palm Island: Andrew Boe's life in the courtroom: Once described as running ‘a hard line in moral earnestness’, the barrister’s new book paints a portrait of #Australia few would ever see https://t.co/oHi9v4hfou