Edition 3217: 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 Legal Article: Home Office hasn’t learned from Windrush - Campaigners and leaders of community and advocacy groups criticise Priti Patel for the lack of clear and concrete plans in response to the scandal. Full story - Guardian Law
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Economists and job hunters agree that the reality of unemployment is far worse than the official numbers suggest.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- New leaders drafted in to ‘revitalise’ Legal Ombudsman service | Law Gazette https://t.co/pl3JOupJva
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5RwiwVlGyw
- The industry needs urgent clarity amid stamp duty confusion https://t.co/RoKYUK5Eww
- Blog: High Court reviews its strike-off role for legal practitioners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6suDKZOSDp
- Dominic Cummings allowed to avoid backdated council tax on second home - Government agency rules No 10 adviser must now pay tax on Durham property built without permission in 2002 https://t.co/lt80UT4P0D
- Faculty against land court/tribunal merger - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZtjhiKRSB8
- Keith Stewart QC to be next Advocate General for Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0D50Cu75gr
- Rape accused loses 5-judge appeal against refusal to allow character evidence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/elXgJCElby
- Seventeen lawyers make history as #Ireland's first solicitors to become Senior Counsel https://t.co/SDi4gfPMC
- A limited circuit-breaker lockdown for Wales is due to be announced in the next few days, the BBC has been told https://t.co/QgRKd7zY
- The Metropolitan Police has said it is taking no further action against an MP who travelled by train from London to Glasgow after testing positive for coronavirus https://t.co/4imrJL5BJG
- Covid alert level: Greater Manchester 'fighting back' against Tier 3 https://t.co/AvXkQCdQvC
- #Italy and #Vatican City added to UK quarantine list - BBC News https://t.co/UXSCWKHaNY
- In Defense of Gender Neutrality Within Rape | Prof Phil Rumney https://t.co/vHTRZ0A2M
- As Motorcade Rolls By, #Thai Royal Family Glimpses the People’s Discontent - officials imposed an emergency decree in Bangkok, and gatherings of five or more people were banned https://t.co/qdkspF9uh
- Family of seven's one-bedroom flat lockdown 'hell' https://t.co/l6nQ0xDHKl
- Price transparency "dispelling fears" about cost of legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/OJReOFsaXt
- Solicitors to have vote on reform of Law Society council - Legal Futures https://t.co/uXCiGxxOtJ
- Remote hearing success means no backlog in some family courts - Legal Futures https://t.co/pP2GymnRJZ
- EC proposal to safeguard environment is not enough, lawyers claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/88jWAtXiEA
- Liverpool is considering a two-week half-term break for schools as part of its "battle with Covid-19", says its mayor https://t.co/w9lzglT1sY
- 'It's like slavery' – Time, the shocking film about a family torn apart by the #US jail industry https://t.co/FNdw3XiAk7
- Society condemns ‘special tax on legal profession’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/vHKQ6BOhr
- Judge Amy Coney Barrett Gives Advice to Young Women #US https://t.co/ufqGCpMyAq
- 'They don't understand the law' - Barrister slams string of complaints made about Gateshead pub https://t.co/n4TLwTOysd
- SEN campaigner is Gazette’s Legal Personality of the Year | Law Gazette https://t.co/QlWB25P9yS
- Flintshire Council could face legal action over development plan data breach, solicitor warns https://t.co/A8NOUJKEyQ
- As Virus Spread, Reports of Trump Administration’s Private Briefings Fueled Sell-Off #US https://t.co/3XXivD8a59
- London due to move from Covid Tier 1 to Tier 2 https://t.co/CjZ78XHIN
- Junior solicitor felt ‘ambushed’ at HR meeting to talk over mistake | Law Gazette https://t.co/pLP3iMS3x9
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/geQdw7yHtt
- New justice clinic to help Windrush victims with compensation claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/6gh1DFGt
- Law schools coy on SQE impact | Law Gazette https://t.co/p8rd3YT4zQ
- Counsel blocked from family case over personal animosity | Law Gazette https://t.co/ApACfq9mdP
- Insurers to fight on in PI housing costs case | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWRpuyrJ3K
- UK government urged to repatriate nationals detained in Syrian camps - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dC5oGOxKVh
- England: New Law Society president David Greene tells politicians to be ‘careful in their words’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bY8SPY6l2b
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Gemma Ambrosini - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/py7m9D2Ra8
- Ministers and north of England leaders clash over further Covid restrictions https://t.co/p0sZKa8Qtf
- Philosophically, taxation is a topic directly linked to statecraft, social justice, equality and pursuit of the public good - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dqdRoJ0eyn
- NHS staff testing 'dismantled' in virus hotspots https://t.co/vP3evbIVFm
- "Long Covid" - the long-lasting impact of coronavirus infection - may be affecting people in four different ways, according to a review https://t.co/uCtWddtbma
