Saturday

31st October - Law News

Edition 3232: 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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Today's Highlighted Video Story:  An interview with former Indian external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on France's proposed law, which aims to keep Constitution above religious law. In Indian context, it sounds like Uniform Civil Code. Is that why India is speaking in favour of France?


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Sheffield Council explains why it spent £38,049 on solicitors during investigation into dangerous cladding https://t.co/efGRqPxxv
  • A Week in the Life of a Criminal Solicitor – Wednesday https://t.co/cYghVQDl0
  • UK Government Proposes Tighter Reporting Requirements Under Modern Slavery Act, but No Action on Enforcement Measures https://t.co/du70G9fWB
  • A police officer involved in the fatal shooting of black woman Breonna Taylor has sued her boyfriend for emotional distress, assault and battery https://t.co/4HhM7wVzS
  • Police have closed a shisha cafe after finding about 150 people inside, days after the venue was hit with a £10,000 fine for Covid-19 breaches. Officers forced their way in to Kasablanca in the Highgate area of Birmingham at 01:00 BST on 24 October https://t.co/81XkwXwzz
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LmDuBJBIWU
  • Law firm PGMBM has issued a case in the High Court of Justice in London against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles over an alleged diesel emissions scandal https://t.co/zI0KySpsrv
  • Whose Law is it Anyway? UK Supreme Court Clarifies Choice of Law Test for Arbitration Clauses in International Contracts https://t.co/dD4orwOlc
  • Facebook Faces UK Legal Action Involving Cambridge Analytica Scandal https://t.co/N1tWAPrwz8
  • Armidale Sanctuary hosts a Zoom webinar featuring human rights barrister Bernard Collaery #Australia https://t.co/8p653Gsxv
  • Teenager left with brain injury after crash given £2.7m compensation https://t.co/A5WEgDNJHN
  • Leading human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC says #Qatar must answer for a breach of human rights as CCTV is released from Doha airport https://t.co/IrGdlPfUTT
  • Barrister avoids disbarment despite expenses fraud conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/QpcGytKPh7
  • SQE: Student loan issues remain unresolved, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/73bJsCAtHS
  • Marriott Hotels fined £18.4m for data breach that hit millions https://t.co/VdHR69FM3
  • City sets out innovation blueprint amid fears over Covid impact - Legal Futures https://t.co/cGNcmCbOe
  • Ed Sheeran lawyers ticked off for ignoring Part 18 requests | Law Gazette https://t.co/MDcbKbdO
  • The number of criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by Crown Courts threatens to overwhelm the justice system in England and Wales: backlog in the courts hearing the most serious cases could be 195,000 by 2024 without action https://t.co/P7PaA6nob
  • Giving false information to NHS contact tracers will become a criminal offence in Wales - First Minster Mark Drakeford also said there would be a legal requirement to self-isolate if asked to do so by contact tracers https://t.co/g7Yjt7kXnE
  • Solicitor sells employment law business for £59m - Legal Futures https://t.co/2mjdvmlOH
  • Listed firm predicts rise of in-house chambers | Law Gazette https://t.co/PdzUR6yjlD
  • 'What A Barrister Looks Like': A Young Black Woman Paves The Way https://t.co/FUKCiaPA97
  • Walmart has removed gun and ammunition from display in thousands of its stores in the #UnitedStates, citing concerns of "civil unrest" https://t.co/MqeOegHoqY
  • In Solidarity with Migrants at Sea: The Alarm Phone 3 Years on (2017) | Maurice Stierl https://t.co/AHXZQGD0do 
  • Police called out to investigate reports a masked man was armed with a machete discovered he was carrying a bag of leeks https://t.co/vaidMpPNsq
  • Sky will not broadcast its TV carpentry contest The Chop after an investigation into a contestant's face tattoos found they "could be connected to far-right ideologies" https://t.co/thLdIj3VzU
  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: UK expresses 'grave concern' over fresh court proceedings in #Iran https://t.co/PKSpTkHIpu 
  • Lawyers denied CFA fees after failing to act in client’s best interests | Law Gazette https://t.co/gBVyx5g5rk
  • Justice minister misses major legal aid evidence session | Law Gazette https://t.co/eViMdnInzP
  • Court of Appeal rules solicitor was ‘winner’ in £50k costs battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/nzcmrY77e
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/lfCbpgI0rL
  • Regulator reads riot act to CMCs over spurious claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/uTzeSgWJa0
  • CMS Scotland awards three scholarships to S6 pupils - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SNPWnHnYE5
  • Climate Crisis – the Seventh Gas Campaign - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bIGjSitsk8
  • Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull and Matt Jackson QC appointed to Scottish Sentencing Council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hcmASm85fQ 
  • New report shows ‘tiny number’ of UK families detained in Syria - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sJdAT6DqWD
  • Ian Forrester QC to be given lifetime achievement award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AbC1ngIlmD
  • #Ireland: Rape complainants facing sexual history questioning to be entitled to counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lXlCCQWobA
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Mark Goodson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yddla5NI1T
  • Covid: Are we heading back into a full lockdown? https://t.co/rcsq4otmVq
  • Scots miners convicted during 1984 strike to be pardoned - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dFWitIyKOU
  • A black barrister who said she was "humiliated" after being mistaken for a defendant three times in one day is to meet the head of the courts service https://t.co/5HO6vQIlht 
  • Hysteria and rushed laws 'more harmful than Covid', say campaigners https://t.co/PKAYGRhPPk
  • #Australia and the #US have named judges to their highest courts, but in very different ways https://t.co/okH6V4FINp
  • Legal aid services are on brink of collapse, lawyers tell MPs: Inquiry hears urgent investment is needed and miscarriages of justice are likely https://t.co/bJuMNbcxDz