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28th October - Law News

Edition 3229: 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:  Law firms wanting to recruit the best young lawyers must showcase how they make “the world a better place”, a report on the post-pandemic legal services landscape has said. Full story - Legal Futures
 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: In 2016, Russia developed a simple, effective playbook to undermine U.S. elections with disinformation on social media. Four years later, Americans are using the same playbook on each other.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #India's Former Solicitor General Harish Salve to Marry London-Based Artist After Divorcing His Wife for 38 Years https://t.co/BGiPw0Uy5Z
  • Technician with arthritis, depression and anxiety awarded £117000 after unfair dismissal https://t.co/qKNrlj2jsG
  • On Amazon’s plea, #Singapore tribunal stalls Future-RIL deal https://t.co/FGAgYQJf3
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Un63DsvmA
  • A federal judge blocked a Justice Department bid to shield President Trump from being sued for defamation over his denial of a rape allegation #US https://t.co/3kBMvZU2jG
  • Green Party raises ‘serious concerns’ around CervicalCheck tribunal #Ireland https://t.co/332f2Gln1
  • Pubs and restaurants in many areas of Scotland will be able to serve alcohol indoors again from next week, the first minister has announced https://t.co/cTdf9lYyK
  • Baby clothes have been listed as essential items that should go on sale in supermarkets during Wales' lockdown https://t.co/wZCdffOxc
  • Calls made for a European convention on the profession of lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QD9qKefMP
  • Prompt action needed to reform crofting law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DIS616U95
  • Mother who had Universal Credit reduced due to Maternity Allowance fails to challenge benefit rules - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fmOJ9zVtz
  • Online Employment UK Tribunal Hearings – New Normal? https://t.co/xuRvULsmP
  • My legal life: Gifty Edila, Retired solicitor, corporate director of law and author - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/AfvOetPYg
  • Lawyer in the news: Grant Incles, Leigh Day - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/lRKsDALZV
  • Reputation laundering: a problem for us all | Law Gazette https://t.co/SYRQI4cJQG
  • Training in turbulent times | Law Gazette https://t.co/i1Yj1sYWto
  • #HongKong activist Tony Chung detained near US consulate https://t.co/yjI6ww659u
  • Protests have broken out in Philadelphia after police shot and killed a 27-year-old black man they said had been armed with a knife https://t.co/N5UcWI8hww
  • Appeal over failure to award indemnity costs against SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/2bwn1KPa7q
  • Solicitors should not be penalised because of financial crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/oiCJeCM52E
  • Law firms “must showcase how they make the world better” - Legal Futures https://t.co/BW8rDlk3P
  • 'Virtual GC' firm aims to support businesses | Law Gazette https://t.co/QZ7WO3zS1
  • At least seven people have been killed and more than 50 injured by a bomb attack on an Islamic school in the #Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say https://t.co/HQgrGSc7jH
  • #Russia has brought in tighter restrictions to try to stem a surge in coronavirus cases, making the wearing of face masks compulsory in all crowded places including public transport https://t.co/SxSNHdTRbT
  • A police officer who strangled his long-term lover after she exposed their affair to his wife has been cleared of murder - Timothy Brehmer, a constable with Dorset Police, killed nurse Claire Parry, 41, in a pub car park on 9 May https://t.co/5w7UGGhAIZ
  • Judicial review panel set for evidence deluge | Law Gazette https://t.co/j8qQ551oPa
  • Mergers increasingly based on net assets in absence of goodwill - Legal Futures https://t.co/2M4L7lva4s
  • Solicitor who changed dates of charges with Tipp-Ex struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hu1qN7lgJl
  • Supermarket staff: 'We feel unsafe when customers don't wear masks' https://t.co/qYWmuCaGL
  • The UK's mobile networks are to be forbidden from selling phones locked to their services from December 2021 https://t.co/YLyBbiFgA8
  • Lord Janner inquiry: Leicester children's home 'burned records' https://t.co/XLkLXrgEd
  • Levels of protective antibodies in people wane "quite rapidly" after coronavirus infection, say researchers https://t.co/8WBOMzhbnp
  • Pay rises and job cuts - the City’s strange case of double vision | Law Gazette https://t.co/pnRbbCXUgy
  • Wales and Manchester courts allow pre-recorded video evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/7vHl0GxIIe
  • Law reform 'worth billions', economists find | Law Gazette https://t.co/x5fPbwHJcY
  • UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who is Indian billionaire Narayan Murthy’s son-in-law, is barred from Yorkshire pub for voting against free school meals https://t.co/kaltL4BYd
  • JR vital to constitutional balance of powers - Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/2rbheyaUJ
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hKlfIP5Ej
  • Our Legal Heritage: Black History Month – Henry Dundas, lofty hero or lowlife crook? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OMjItx3mNx
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Lauren Kyle - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j8HUtWTcJy
  • HMRC more lenient on white-collar tax avoiders - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mspnlAPzY
  • CMS boosts pensions practice with appointment of Jae Fassam - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cfMasNhWw
  • Vast majority of Scots unsure about their redundancy rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v88LUoBbE
  • Scottish government ‘responded positively’ to idea of writing off community service hours - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/STvZaSWvGt
  • Supreme Court puts on hold order appointing Justice Madan Lokur to head panel to prevent stubble-burning #India https://t.co/FfLTHoSCqJ
  • 800 legal figures sign letter urging Johnson and Patel to end lawyer ‘hostility’ https://t.co/BJ8pVdbBV7
  • Driver arrested after toddler dies in collision in west London https://t.co/fJowCkXEVg
  • Director at Grenfell Tower TMO describes how fatal cladding saved £800,000 https://t.co/jd3I9969BZ