Edition 3224: 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: Digital legal services will play a key role in the 'recharging' of the
City of London following the devastation caused by lockdown, the City's
governing body proposed today. This will include updating existing court
systems to make them 'user centric, tech agnostic and digital-first'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Pimsiri Petchnamrob is among 31 Thai protesters facing jail for organising and participating in a July protest. But she says she is encouraged by increasing signs the government is starting to listen to protesters' demands.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- The maker of OxyContin painkillers has reached an $8.3bn (£6.3bn)
settlement and agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges to resolve a
probe of its role in fuelling America's opioid crisis https://t.co/S3fKGrOv1O
- Top PI firms reveal mixed profits as another hits TV to build brand - Legal Futures https://t.co/yFtd8iIMkq
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/oKTqHgi807
- Consumers use “limited criteria” when shopping around for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/19JSjbBe3p
- Supermarkets will be unable to sell items like clothes during the 17-day Covid firebreak lockdown in Wales https://t.co/aNt9dVaM3d
- SRA slapped with costs order over failed prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/c9zP480uEu
- High street solicitor launches second BSB firm with client - Legal Futures https://t.co/Se360x3Cvl
- Justice depends on data - and the pandemic shows why | Law Gazette https://t.co/T20OaFFK3r
- Durham
students have been left feeling "threatened" and unsafe after a LGBT
university association Zoom meeting was "hijacked" by more than 15
people shouting "homophobic slurs" https://t.co/IzuW18qSXN
- #Poland's
top court has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal defects are
unconstitutional - laws were already among the strictest in Europe but
the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling will mean an almost total ban https://t.co/EpnRroyhJz
- Lawtech and ethics: Discussion paper calls on the profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/cjTiycMJqV
- We’ve now heard from the Breonna Taylor grand juror and it’s confirmed our worst fears - Now a judge has ruled that jurors on the case can speak, some unsavory facts about how the case was handled have come to light #US https://t.co/oXThnl3Rld
- Opinion: Alistair Bonnington on Scotland’s malicious prosecution shame - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hXUoLVH3JJ
- Faculty strongly opposed to judicial review ‘rebalance’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/w5iRwNcEv1
- Court of Appeal rules Upper Tribunal erred in remaking Nigerian citizen deportation decision - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bePc2wnSim
- KKK office joke was ‘just playful’, tribunal told | Law Gazette https://t.co/hg3baRFCFI
- A
#Spanish journalist has apologised after comparing Barcelona's Ansu
Fati to a black street vendor in their 5-1 Champions League win over
Ferencvaros https://t.co/MicyPZedNK
- #US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell said she never witnessed "inappropriate underage activities" by him, according to transcripts of a 2016 deposition https://t.co/950lZoisYk
- Covid rules: Stoke, Coventry and Slough face tighter restrictions in tier 2 https://t.co/mNjq0OYiw4
- A&O opens reporting season with ‘small’ change to pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/yGlo8w8Krg
- Article 50 litigation not a typical JR, Public Law Project tells panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/gpc7CWoLYM
- People
need to "inform themselves" and research which Covid-19 rules apply in
their area, the minister for crime and policing has said, amid
complaints the tier system has caused confusion https://t.co/mNjq0OGH7u
- New government Covid scheme to pay up to half of wages https://t.co/6ZUTmqNg1u
- Eversheds staff return to normal hours and full pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/RLq4HYqLX6
- Court of Appeal declares Home Office immigration policy 'unlawful' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NuWYdmf0mS
- Co-op Legal Services to be fined £144k by SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/ORdCGNNNHr
- A scientist advising the government on ethnicity and Covid says "structural racism is not a reasonable explanation" for black and south Asian people's greater risk of illness and death https://t.co/B1T3Z6REuy
- Trump's lawyer Giuliani dismisses 'compromising' clip from new Borat film #US https://t.co/FPod49e6Fn
- A
Tory MP has quit her government job after voting for a Labour motion to
offer free school meals during holidays until Easter 2021 https://t.co/jpodEqaDq9
- The Transport for Wales rail franchise is to be brought under Welsh Government control from next February https://t.co/WW9sXruoor
- Brexit: UK to ban more EU citizens with criminal records https://t.co/v1mcYUhX1u
- FBI says Iran and Russia have #US voter information https://t.co/NYKaHTF4FF
- How the law might grapple with nanoscience - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LZdZ1Z2gqt
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/J13U46aJcB
- Covid and the fate of court buildings in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3nvrqHXWo2
- Ronnie Conway becomes first senior fellow of APIL in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FHAVsSTvfR
- Lindsays expands with launch of prism HR consultancy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jJw2UQupIB
- TLT appoints Ainslie Benzie as legal director in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D5knLLggwT
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Christy Young - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7Okm4aiWgW
- Permission granted for judicial review of act’s definition of ‘woman’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dgGtPIjeCP
- The Rev. Alistair McGregor QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S4SkchLPiu
- Eight trainees secure permanent positions with Thorntons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JZhJ54f4Ik
- Letters to UK crime victims from CPS 'unsatisfactory' https://t.co/4dO0GV3O98
