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5th October - Law News

Edition 3206: 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 Law Article:   Solicitors must comply with a budgeting rule in force from 1 October or put their recovery of costs in peril, the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has warned. The new rule 3.15A introduces a formal procedure to revise budgets in the event of significant developments in litigation. This must be done ‘promptly’. Full story - New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Hordes of sea creatures have washed up at a popular tourist beach in Kamchatka after surfers complained about suffering from eye burns. A probe has been launched as tests show increased levels of petroleum products in the water. #amchatka is a large peninsula, in Russia's Far East, which juts out into the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • BLM retains 7 out of 19 trainee solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DuzXqwzmD
  • Clifford Chance launches Oxford Uni tech bursaries - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WawImA69MF
  • Transport for London (TfL), the capital's transport authority, has banned Indian taxi app Ola over public safety concerns https://t.co/Fu0P3j9iY
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8jb0MQD6No
  • #MyRoutetotheBar: Tweeting barristers share their unconventional career paths - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fCUCNj8wI
  • US lawyer takes on coronavirus in action-filled YouTube ad - Legal Cheek https://t.co/th8xVyyKf7
  • Met Police officer stabbed in Westminster trying to detain armed men https://t.co/346yn9Agv7
  • Ulster Uni’s A&O and Bakers-backed innovation hub launches lawtech LLM - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HlVQOHg3qL
  • Solicitor agrees to leave profession after sending hundreds of offensive messages to his own defence lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tMdKsgAyoP
  • Meet the magic circle lawyers helping businesses achieve their environmental, social and governance goals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oL9chdZ3Q
  • Family court rejects 41-year-old solicitor's attempt to sue parents for financial support - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T2Rbwja7qf
  • #Belgium Arrests 3 Men Suspected of Involvement in Rwandan Genocide https://t.co/8hvuAGZlWQ
  • A Black #Belgian Student Saw a White Fraternity as His Ticket. It Was His Death https://t.co/MSMx6sNK
  • BPP students' frustration over exam clash with winter vac scheme dates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lvivSRPVpe
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/i7z4vdsDla 
  • Why #Belgian struggle for identity could tear country apart https://t.co/n4sxyYSDjR
  • Beatrice Atobatele is trying to hack one of the most commonly used voting machines in the #US, to look for security vulnerabilities, but not with any criminal intentions https://t.co/qjzDo942A
  • How are pubs keeping customers safe? https://t.co/NjjLfbmcG
  • Cineworld set to close UK cinema doors after the latest corvid related movie release delay https://t.co/TT8EAP8leT
  • Home Secretary Priti Patel is to commit to delivering the "biggest overhaul" of the UK's asylum system in "decades"; will the asylum seekers be the losers? https://t.co/TY0knwlNA
  • Those who won't wear masks put us all at risk, but confrontation is not the answer https://t.co/6UwnwXHQ5c
  • The Coronavirus Act is an attack on our liberties. MPs must seize this chance to scrap it https://t.co/yIGLR9dtE
  • How universities tricked students into returning to campus https://t.co/BFddrjQwRr
  • Life as a fresher this year is a cross between Nineteen Eighty-Four and Lord of the Flies https://t.co/BK49ObeXbC
  • #Italy's PM called to testify at Salvini migrant kidnap trial Judge summons Giuseppe Conte and other ministers in government at time of incidents https://t.co/IcnnvwY2i
  • UK ministers warned against leaked plans to put refugees on ‘prison ships’ - Former top civil servant says government must not repeat past mistakes, amid controversial ideas to discourage migrants https://t.co/yjIEcOH9il
  • The Nigeria-born man who joined the #Polish resistance https://t.co/qC5EVkB3R
  • French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah has been temporarily released from prison with an electronic ankle bracelet, her lawyer has said #Iran https://t.co/PteL0i4UnB