Edition 3182: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Former Comptroller Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma and former Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar are set to be prosecuted by India's CBI, pending government sanction, in the AgustaWestland scam case, agency sources said Friday. The CBI has approached the Defence Ministry for permission to begin proceedings in court against Mr Sharma and Mr Panesar, as well as three others named by the central agency, the sources added.
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- The University of Cambridge has emerged victorious in a new intervarsity Roman law moot - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J71097ifox
- Federal Court Rejects Trump’s Order to Exclude Undocumented From #US Census https://t.co/fESH1QB3Vw
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- Covid-secure marshals will be introduced in towns and city centres in England to help ensure social distancing rules are followed https://t.co/NCJJNG5rCq
- Why Paul Rusesabagina was arrested in #Rwanda - In Britain, the ‘Hotel Rwanda dissident’ would almost certainly be charged under our anti-terrorism laws, says the MP Andrew Mitchell https://t.co/GbrNKQzcO
- #Belgian king's daughter fights for right to call herself a princess: Delphine Boël, whose mother had affair with ex-king Albert II, also wants to take her father’s surname https://t.co/vA0XPOjiVm
- Scale of failure in prison system staggering, say MPs: Minister have not met pledge to improve condition of prison estate, committee says https://t.co/7Jt6FaKtI5
- Brexit override plan would breach Vienna convention, QC says - Legal experts and peers say UK government proposal would also breach ministerial code https://t.co/LjMo0fTYzj
- A verdict of not proven has been reached in a trial against a teenager accused of killing a 13-year-old girl by supplying her with ecstasy https://t.co/Vuz9KWiVlI
- Households in Birmingham have been banned from mixing in new lockdown measures announced following a spike in coronavirus cases https://t.co/D0AZV5Yh6i
- Tougher restrictions on home visits have been extended to Lanarkshire https://t.co/8vMjJOSKq
- #Italian police arrest four men over alleged rape of two British girls https://t.co/oTxlTELJNf
- Man bailed after video shows boy driving lorry https://t.co/nDSpa7ld3v
- Newquay police officer suffers severe burns in attack https://t.co/TCPhngI5FF
- Fake driving licences offered online for £600 https://t.co/gBkBGzBgud
- Indoor meetings of more than six people from an extended household will be illegal in Wales from Monday https://t.co/63EvjKRO3j
- Leeds DWP office failed to enforce social distancing https://t.co/xhNASg2AR
- Lindsays welcomes eight new trainees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WxyUXml6B
- Scottish government seeks views on options to 'challenge men’s demand for prostitution' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BDzWPxEeA
- Iranian asylum seeker fails to challenge Home Office certification of unfounded claim - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3GkgEqG0U
- Coronavirus cases on the rise in the UK, it is time to panic, not keep calm and carry on! https://t.co/YYKq1gcyQJ
- The boss of Rio Tinto, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, will step down following criticism of the mining giant's destruction of sacred Aboriginal sites in #Australia https://t.co/sDGXk4m98v
- A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut, Does the public care about the 40 remaining inmates with no obvious end to their imprisonment? #US https://t.co/2n1QHCBSXh
- Women solicitors urged to apply to become senior counsel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tuXqvBjyVT
- People living in high-rise flats which failed fire safety tests say they feel trapped, with a sense of "never-ending dread" over the repairs https://t.co/w16oCEuJGz
- England and Wales' contact-tracing app gets launch date https://t.co/dY2N7gU30G
- Victims, feminists take over #Mexico human rights office https://t.co/N1rXbi1YQY
- Human Rights Watch Submits Comments to the Adelanto City Council over abuses at detention centre #US https://t.co/MUX3zdlpEy
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ydMYl8e2NQ
- Face masks in shops to be mandatory in Wales from Monday https://t.co/63EvjKRO3j
- Trials on the silver screen: Juries to sit in ODEON cinemas this month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kHA8D0DGxT
- Lawsuit challenging Texas voting rules dismissed by federal judge #US https://t.co/m8l5TvoVqQ
- The government has announced a "truce" on enforcement action for tenants facing eviction in England and Wales this Christmas - evictions will not be enforced in areas subject to local lockdowns as the pandemic continues https://t.co/Pi2nkPs39
- #US District Judge Claudia Wilken orders body cameras on guards at state prison, citing evidence of officers abusing inmates https://t.co/BQrgNWFlF
- Morton Fraser and Dickson Minto commit to new contextualised recruitment system for trainees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a3DLE0DmHd
- A judge has claimed he was put under "improper and undue influence" to keep a defendant in custody.: On Tuesday Judge Keith Raynor refused to extend the time a teenager charged with drugs offences could be held in custody before his trial https://t.co/vACwgL8nlN
- Five days after the expiration of the tenure of Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Maurice Eneji, her replacement is yet to be appointed #Nigeria https://t.co/RXHLQQZipM
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Neil Brannigan - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HU67SoHZgQ
- Harry Dunn death: Anne Sacoolas lawyers say she 'drove on wrong side of road' https://t.co/Kh2zprDfP
- Bring Justice closer to the People! President Museveni urges Judiciary as Chief Justice, Deputy Are Sworn-in #Uganda https://t.co/VSqhSWYxEM
- Carolyne Hair and Sarah Letson promoted at DLA Piper Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VnmfqwUmMe
- Myanmar under fire for convicting poet, rights abuses: Human rights groups troubled by Myanmar authorities' intolerance for freedom of expression https://t.co/qD3KhD8qw0
- Regulatory Sandboxes: Initiatives for Innovation and Inclusion in the #Philippines | JURIST https://t.co/leICmo7d0
- Alex Salmond inquiry: chief law officer offers assurances over legal papers - Lord advocate tells MSPs he would be ‘disappointed’ if Scottish government did not release key documents https://t.co/EOcdES8YQj
- The CMA is reviewing the legal services sector in England and Wales to assess whether transparency of price, quality and service have improved https://t.co/fI1Okfd9Qh
