Edition 3201: 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 within LawnewsIndex.com are solely the views of the original author.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: A proposal that in-house legal departments should be regulated as a
separate regulated business unit within their organisations have been
broadly welcomed by senior company lawyers. Full story - Legal Futures
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The first episode of our four-part series, Stressed Election, focuses on voter suppression in Georgia, where a growing Black and Latino population is on the precipice of exercising its political voice, if they get the chance to vote.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Uighurs could be allowed to seek genocide ruling against #China in UK: MPs and peers aim to grant minorities in China the right to petition British courts https://t.co/g3k8YBGa5
- Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomb plotters 'still at large' https://t.co/xsSQ666PT
- Report raises alarm over police detention of vulnerable suspects in England and Wales: Hundreds of thousands of people interviewed without appropriate adult present, report says https://t.co/BgWWP4WZ
- Universities in England could finish face-to-face teaching early this term so any students having to self-isolate could return home for Christmas, says the education secretary https://t.co/7I5ZgT5biC
- Police officers in England and Wales are to be told they can download the NHS Covid-19 app on to their personal smartphones and use them at work https://t.co/p7x7Rj7KD
- Democrats aren't anti-Catholic bigots for questioning supreme court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett #US https://t.co/Q5YxAlocH
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/smBl990lrN
- Why we need media reporting guidelines for road safety: Language and accuracy matter, as they can contribute to making the roads less safe for non-motorists and how the law is applied https://t.co/5nn8LB1Pb
- American Could Face Prison in #Thailand After Posting Negative Reviews of a Resort https://t.co/g0NLeumtcC
- Donald Trump’s tax returns illustrate the profound inequities of the tax code and the shambolic state of federal enforcement #US https://t.co/Crg8zicHfb
- Lawyer in the news: Lesley Hannah, Hausfeld - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/iLO8mQZcaX
- My legal life: Carol Lee, Setfords - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/JkhIAPmeK9
- Wales' first minister has called for Boris Johnson to ban people in locked-down parts of England from travelling to Wales on holiday https://t.co/5xGDeUgBkX
- The Mail on Sunday can use a recent biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in its defence, in a High Court privacy claim over the publication of a letter to Meghan's estranged father https://t.co/mqW2zbmEJn
- Trust consumers to make their own choices | Law Gazette https://t.co/dEVaBrbNVe
- Sheriff Appeal Court finds sheriff unfairly divided property in divorce appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7HEqFMpqNT
- Hybrid hearings 'increase risk of unfairness' | Law Gazette https://t.co/mgbBcLcQc3
- The deportation of an autistic black man is an indictment of the UK’s racist justice system: Osime Brown was convicted under ‘joint enterprise’ laws when he was a teenager. Now, at 21, he’s due to be flown to Jamaica https://t.co/brbTBmW1
- Impact of Covid-19 on justice system in Wales | Law Gazette https://t.co/rL9J3oKI71
- Lord Carloway hails ‘remarkable’ determination of lawyers during Covid-19 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QC61UMQ9L
- Ex-lord chief justice: UK parliament must scrutinise Covid rules: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd joins senior legal figures in calling for MPs to examine emergency legislation https://t.co/Pu3Jx0w6h
- Half of City partners attended private schools | Law Gazette https://t.co/JJKE3Dja5
- Woman wins UK legal fight over unlawful deportation to Uganda: Court of appeal dismisses Home Office’s case against lesbian asylum seeker known as PN https://t.co/6xHhEl2vho
- In-house teams invited to help build dispute-avoidance robot | Law Gazette https://t.co/cSNKEyQ8Xh
- The prime minister has apologised after failing to clarify the detail of new tighter coronavirus restrictions in north-east England https://t.co/jBshi6kBiA
- The government has been accused of creating "doubt and uncertainty" with its announcement of tighter coronavirus restrictions in north-east England https://t.co/I0O0WmgMY4
- Poor marketing returns? Here’s where you’re going wrong - Legal Futures https://t.co/Z6P4jBAANu
- Consultant accuses NHS trust of forcing him into modern slavery: Dr Shankar Chappiti says he was told to run clinics without pay after an unfounded and racist fraud allegation https://t.co/zMhg0MArCS
- Global Microsoft outage brings down Teams, Office 365 and Outlook https://t.co/H2LUbwUws
- Boris Johnson's Covid-19 policy critics: who says what? https://t.co/5moL3asPWR
- Lawyers step in as Manchester students locked down | Law Gazette https://t.co/xV35R5qeO
- RT @CivilLitTweet: Interesting judgment. High Court judge overturns decision that doctor's arrest was a lawful one. https://t.co/JK7tlHJUc
- Blaenau Gwent has the highest and fastest rising case rate for Covid-19 infection in the UK https://t.co/YEb4i9lI9
- Lynette White murderer Jeffrey Gafoor's move to open prison approved https://t.co/tNZSZHnhM
- Former cabinet ministers take consultancies with City law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/WIp9tZUr5h
- City firms snap up ex-ministers for consultancy roles | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qbd360SYmL
- Female advocates "to lose instructions" with longer court hours - Legal Futures https://t.co/HlvERFeHn9
- Court allows mother to recover inquest costs as part of PI claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/RmTWJAuz9a
- Company lawyers open to idea of regulating in-house departments - Legal Futures https://t.co/NUXf0OtlMP
- The water-saving device wasting billions of litres every week https://t.co/ZrzWm9rVFp
- Nokia clinches 5G deal with BT to phase out Huawei's kit in EE network https://t.co/3XlUBY4RIT
- Pubs and restaurants must shut in NI at 23:00 https://t.co/iQz61q8QQ4
- City puts brakes on return to the office | Law Gazette https://t.co/NLucEKuP67
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qQ11cgpkD
- First Home Fund expected to support 8,000 households following pilot success - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iNGx0lJS2N
- International schools join mock court case project in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vJUdnn0yX2
- Get smart and be one step ahead of AI patent laws - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SZh93qklD
- The latest trend of the super-wealthy setting up finance and legal offices to deal with their affairs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/e1tMgunYg8
- Livingstone Brown raises over £13,000 for charity in 10 years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GYj64v1tM2
- Session Cases Bicentenary Scholarship awarded to Shona Warwick - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5IRzY5xmtV
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Julie Sharp - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JSl4VCuQuc
- Douglas Mill sees light at the end of the Covid tunnel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ODN4lDW4cX
- Advocate John Campbell joins housing association board of trustees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WOYAT9HrWc
