Edition 3196: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice. The views expressed in individual articles archived here are solely the views of the original author.
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- Louisville’s Police Force Feels Besieged on Two Fronts - Officers say that city and police officials were slow to release crucial details in the Breonna Taylor case #US https://t.co/Fr7E9QqNx
- Rival rabbit breeders were left with broken ribs and bloodied noses after a prize rabbit show descended into chaos - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b2q9dC1q8z
- A stabbing in Paris that left two people seriously injured is being treated as a terror attack, the #French interior minister has said https://t.co/VyWm9SWrT
- Police patrols have been stepped up across Scotland to ensure the smooth introduction of a new pub and restaurant curfew https://t.co/xXkjh5wRLU
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dGmqYlbJHg
- Law student Kate Scarborough completes ‘extremely valuable’ SLN internship https://t.co/oXGS8cduq1
- Georgia Dawson named first woman senior partner at Freshfields https://t.co/XyLiad6roD
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Holly Allan https://t.co/8516dV0a3l
- Croydon police officer shot dead named as New Zealand-born Sgt Matt Ratana https://t.co/apHs1TSMX
- Employment tribunal finds employee’s paranoid delusions were not a disability https://t.co/8mleKK07I
- Addleshaw Goddard set to explore Scottish business tech trends https://t.co/wP4x3yrRl
- ury trials will appear on the big screen from next week to help deal with Scotland’s backlog of criminal cases https://t.co/UH2Tj3Zlu
- New rules to allow Civil Online procedure claim forms approved https://t.co/CyXlc2JIL2
- European Commission to appeal Apple tax ruling https://t.co/G4U8ZV05u
- Undercover police and MI5 agents to be permitted to commit crimes https://t.co/1m7i0MbEr
- Head of courts service apologises for disgraceful treatment of black barrister https://t.co/bW7EVGcPDU
- Local authority successfully claims portion of commercial sub-lease cancellation fee https://t.co/iH44TaVMMA
- Covid-hit university students: 'Why have they forsaken us?' https://t.co/6UqR0rZaW
- London to go on Covid-19 watchlist as cases rise https://t.co/6LBbGESeBR
- Leeds household mixing ban confirmed by government https://t.co/1tkRAFDeI
- Vulnerable people left without access to solicitors during Covid | Legal Futures https://t.co/WV2Mja0AV
- BSB: Bar students’ results “broadly in line” with the average | Legal Futures https://t.co/TYyyl8LLuO
- Defence QC’s accusation against prosecutor was not misconduct | Legal Futures https://t.co/5aYTJZmvng
- Muslim man wins UK tribunal case over Cognac raffle switch Zakaria Kioua succeeds with harassment claim after prize was swapped for very cheap chocolates https://t.co/sTjydwBi3
- New scholarships for UK Black or ethnic minority doctoral candidates in Law https://t.co/oAZh733mT
- Twenty Essex shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ and ‘Barrister of the Year’ https://t.co/lSwEc1asy
- Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli get new restrictions - They will come into effect in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire on Saturday at 18:00 BST and in Wales' two biggest cities on Sunday from 18:00 https://t.co/SUym8DH4qR
- “Partnership penalty” of lower socio-economic background laid bare | Legal Futures https://t.co/Ju0B7FCm2z
- President Michael D Higgins has appointed Ms Justice Teresa Pilkington of the High Court, as a judge of the Court of Appeal with effect from 17 September, 2020 #Ireland https://t.co/ubr61U2gey
- Tesco joins Morrisons to limit sales of some items https://t.co/AjjGjzbatQ
- #NorthKorea's leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says https://t.co/IaFIbqXoBD
- Why it's hard to charge #US police over illegal shootings such as that of Breonna Taylor? https://t.co/zDbHWVDhyN
- Police officer shot dead by a 23 year old at Croydon Custody Centre. The killer shot himself and is critically ill https://t.co/9veEjWYGwS
- From solicitor to plumber: How people are retraining to cope during coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/wi3CyIGzYA
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iK1hoHZlrq
- In courts and prisons, Covid-19 has made an already bad situation worse. Our society will suffer the consequences - The Guardian view on crime and justice: dangerous neglect https://t.co/NHZan6xiqM
- SQE could halve cost of qualification, says consultancy | Law Gazette https://t.co/uLxaGfH5MB
- Sunak offers new incentives to keep on ‘viable’ jobs over winter | Law Gazette https://t.co/R1kZ9VxFKq
- HMCTS to introduce evening sessions in magistrates' court | Law Gazette https://t.co/xwh4CTkUnD
- US private equity firm increases stake in DWF | Law Gazette https://t.co/1ZLOcdAkIc
- Coronavirus a ‘catalyst’ for cross-border mediation | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z0jeRlWgaw
- Barrister fined for ‘positive discrimination’ comment about judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/tuIyMMzjE
- Remote family lawyers 'feeling isolated' during lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/dmFoMLwi8
- #Vietnamese police have seized more than 320,000 used condoms that were to be illegally resold to unsuspecting customers, local media report https://t.co/GCw6epSik9
- Wales' capital city is facing a local lockdown as coronavirus cases rise "rapidly". Cardiff council leader Huw Thomas has warned of potential restrictions on travel and different households mixing https://t.co/QSbPfrgWpl
- Covid: Morrisons limits sales of disinfectant and toilet rolls https://t.co/cZDft73ETz
- Investigation launched after black barrister mistaken for defendant | Law Gazette https://t.co/FLqmWCz8yb
- The #US supreme court has become a threat to democracy. Here's how we fix it https://t.co/kqIAOzrkkh
