Edition 3222: 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: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is considering a new push to regulate reserved legal activities, it has emerged. Full story - New Law Journal
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Young, healthy volunteers in the UK could be deliberately exposed to the Coronavirus under highly controlled conditions to speed up the development of a vaccine. The government is committing more than £30 million to the so-called human challenge trials, which means researchers don't have to wait until their subjects come across the infection naturally. It's hoped the project will begin in January.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Will judges fill this moral vacuum? | Law Gazette https://t.co/yiDIKq8M
- The 10pm curfew should be scrapped in London to help venues deal with Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions, the Mayor of London has said https://t.co/zaeFD1mcF
- Jamal Khashoggi: Journalist's fiancee sues #Saudi crown prince https://t.co/rJ8P0tlF0
- In focus: Making the most of HMCTS data | Law Gazette https://t.co/6jtE1NGQC
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LuyJi6Eyrl
- City firms repay furlough cash, but more job cuts loom | Law Gazette https://t.co/7WTkoEYuP
- Covid shock closing tech generation gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/ubVXS2fZS
- Court services offer ‘safe space’ for litigants | Law Gazette https://t.co/NRjUoZ7OF
- The day-to-day life of a private equity partner explained - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WrM5MNha
- Guideline hourly rates under fresh scrutiny as lawyers claim higher costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/DMLLhljoL
- Reduced legal budgets seen as biggest virus challenge - Legal Futures https://t.co/pJl8voZRi
- Virtual Arbitration Hearings: Part I – Concerns with adoption #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/HQgWZYaj
- Court orders costs repayment after client did not consent to deduction | Law Gazette https://t.co/5X050XHQg
- Drink and drugs driver Kanad Basi, 22, jailed over Lesmahagow crash https://t.co/sNUPhPMgC
- The New Yorker magazine has suspended one of its long-time staff writers, legal expert Jeffrey Toobin, while it investigates a report that he was allegedly masturbating during a Zoom work call #US https://t.co/rgjqIPoIi
- Frenkel Topping given more time for NAHL takeover talks - Legal Futures https://t.co/cqnQRa8DM7
- UK cities plan Covid-safe festivities as Christmas markets are cancelled https://t.co/X3Pavw7KT
- How the Greater Manchester Covid lockdown standoff unfolded https://t.co/wkI0vVJQG
- My life as an employment lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/528eV08Y0
- Police to close mosque in Paris in clampdown on extremism: Mosque in Pantin allegedly posted Facebook video violently criticising teacher days before he was beheaded #France https://t.co/P5ARxnbGB
- When it attacks 'lefty lawyers', this government takes aim at the rule of law | David Gauke https://t.co/VQKD3B5cZ
- Former Tory justice secretary condemns government attacks on 'lefty lawyers' https://t.co/nv6hNwuD
- Parole Board chief calls for high-profile hearings to be held in public - Proposed changes to system in England and Wales after John Worboys case aim to remove secrecy https://t.co/k7xhThqoTZ
- 'I'm the one': #Philippines president takes responsibility for drug killings https://t.co/p9xpmEtN95
- CPS addresses rape 'myths' in guidance for prosecutors | Law Gazette https://t.co/JvhK7peHR8
- Fake naked photos of thousands of women shared online https://t.co/l35EAysdGx
- Grenfell Tower: Police to look into 'binned' refurbishment records https://t.co/lqe1lcBiQ
- 'We had more than 60 calls from test and trace' workers https://t.co/GFtRYjxUh
- The #US government has filed charges against Google, accusing it of abusing its dominance to preserve a monopoly over internet searches and online advertising https://t.co/ZXRBocMLS8
- City solicitor fails in claim for pay reduced during Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/dS91Ik7B3b
- The sale of Durex jumped when social-distancing rules were relaxed in the summer, says maker Reckitt Benckiser https://t.co/dc4cxs4DJK
- The highest tier of Covid restrictions is expected to be imposed on Greater Manchester after talks over financial support broke down https://t.co/g1qn6b0Qql
- Accountants ponder new push to regulate legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/7ptIyIt186
- In light of what has transpired in the Hathras case, the article details the legality of Dying Declarations under Indian law #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/wqrj6WOyR
- Partner wore 'KKK hat' in office and groped colleague 18 times, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/tlqsrx5bRu
- Music law: A barrier to creativity? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LpwC1ANa1
- Outlook - 'This is what a barrister looks like' - Alexandra Wilson is a young black woman changing the face of Britain’s legal system https://t.co/F8BOgLOr6B
- A couple who posed for wedding photographs on railway tracks in North Yorkshire have been condemned by Network Rail https://t.co/d6L7rJSrp7
- Hospitality chiefs are scrambling to work out whether working lunches at pubs and restaurants could be exempt from new coronavirus restrictions https://t.co/cvZ1VcvMJn
- Courts showing ‘good signs of recovery', government claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/5MrbTChr7
- Danish submarine builder Peter Madsen, who murdered the #Swedish journalist Kim Wall, has been caught after trying to escape from jail https://t.co/YE68lKCxbJ
- WhatsApp chats and criminal investigations: A legal analysis #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/RJDt2PH3Co
- Police forces pull support for virtual remand hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/uIZgCpP4vW
- BMC slept over unauthorized building construction, Supreme Court in Dongri collapse case #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/CmfbCLK7kp
- Trustlaw to host free pro bono event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MSEWM1sU5c
- (TRP Scam) Republic TV moves Bombay High Court challenging the FIR of Mumbai police, seeks CBI intervention in investigation of proceedings #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/iLmGJcTKvR
- New co-directors appointed to Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fTUYwzLTjV
- City law firms repay government furlough money - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lfXLKdc4xE
- Bletchley Park’s contribution to WW2 'over-rated' and due to millennial fascination with the repressed geek https://t.co/8uYWqHWfiK
- Mysterious 'Robin Hood' hackers donating stolen money https://t.co/5KNQjf7Teo
- Macfadyen Lecture 2020: Climate change and the Convention - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SKuOgXGHPK
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fuVc21OMhW
- In search of a ‘new better’ - David Greene - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/njA6hJqEdB
- CMS lawyers talk remote-working, lawtech and the future of legal practice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bn9r2gTQ3a
- Family lawyer Claire Robertson has died of cancer aged 43. The Press and Journal has published a full obituary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6xat1uA1al
- Hogan Lovells keeps 20 out of 29 autumn NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/564g9n9xA
- DAC Beachcroft’s Beverley Atkinson re-accredited in professional negligence law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2ouzihU6cy
- The Obiter Truth is a catalogue of everyday experiences in the life of a young lawyer hoping to find humour in the bizarre and sense in the chaos. A hat tip to the comical struggles of young lawyers everywhere #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/z3Ir8JNksO
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Megan Slater - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RFMByZJXC5
- Judges must be steadfast in holding on to principles, Justice NV Ramana #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/htahNA278f
- Simpson & Marwick to become part of Aberdeins Group - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hWOyK6EUXN
- Films, food parcels and online lectures: The life of a self-isolating law student - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P4OAyxjdip
- UK government refuses to assist Police Scotland investigation into US torture and rendition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5a2xNG0bYp
- Russell Group unis launch partnership with new SQE provider - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YYo80Fpsbd
- Woman denied social housing because she was not an Orthodox Jew fails in Supreme Court appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/64EckKaAC
- Birmingham prison inmates' letters laced with drugs https://t.co/7osJPzeMoB
- A gap between the start of Wales' lockdown and the UK government's new Job Support Scheme is a "significant barrier" for firms trying to survive https://t.co/cah9TxY84M
- The Irish government is to move the country to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similar to the spring lockdown https://t.co/d84hx3OD0
- First UK airport coronavirus testing begins https://t.co/pkTibFoKgG
- Instagram censored one of these photos but not the other. We must ask why it likes thin, white and the conventionally attractive more https://t.co/lWDXNwPGJ3
- Just one in seven rape survivors expect justice in England and Wales https://t.co/5gy3RM4u9f
- How Green Is That Electric Car? And When It Hits 100 M.P.H.? https://t.co/TuUEGSBHGv
- For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Perilous, Deadly Crossing #Myanmar https://t.co/BE1UdzVLlm
- Federal Appeals Courts Emerge as Crucial for Trump in Voting Cases https://t.co/c7fsARQRKD
