Edition 3243: 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 firm Shakespeare Martineau has become the first major business to sign up to a ‘Fair Redundancy Pledge’ to be transparent on their redundancy programmes for this year and beyond. The pledge is the brainchild of solicitor Hannah Strawbridge, founder of employment and HR business Han Law. Full story - Legal Futures
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Chairman of the Football Association has resigned after he used an offensive racial term during a Commons committee hearing. Greg Clarke, who was speaking to MPs about providing financial support for smaller clubs during the pandemic, claimed it was a term he'd used abroad.
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- The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has, at times, shown he cares more about the impact of abuse on the Church's reputation than on the victims, a report says https://t.co/0rjNUo4kUa
- UK: Profession must act to avoid 'lasting detriment' for young lawyers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iBdc0UJtN
- SYLA event: Starting from scratch - first-time buyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/clZYfcE54h
- Covid: Mass testing for 67 local areas in England https://t.co/38u6wDqxq2
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- Best of the blogs - 7 November 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/4tJRbPDVQt
- NI: Code of conduct for barristers updated - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Fd7w9Tjcjw
- Litigation lessons from a Pirate of the Caribbean - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zFrYFgbQ2N
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- GCSE and A-level exams in Wales cancelled for 2021 https://t.co/y1npBY9a9a
- The European Commission has charged Amazon with abusing its dominant position in online retail to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. It said Amazon had used data on third-party sellers that use its marketplace to boost sales of its own-label goods https://t.co/fDi4DUAlMa
- UK’s top court could soon have just one woman judge - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5h2hnBwXUe
- Suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in two Irish prisons - Irish Legal News https://t.co/J02zuL2VtI
- IBA 2020: Robots don black cap for lower court judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/ipWC7j9K5k
- NI: Legal challenge to argue Johnson 'acted in bad faith' on Brexit - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fTdBCmFZC
- Abuser fails in argument that 'Covid pressure' made conviction unsafe - Legal Futures https://t.co/septc0hNQ
- Judge recuses himself in contempt case against ex-solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/qa3E58TlVL
- 'No one questioned it': teacher's tribunal victory shines light on unfettered academy powers - Herefordshire academy conspired to sack drama teacher for her union activities https://t.co/wshhwo2Nap
- Rough sex excuse in women's deaths is variation of 'crime of passion' – study: Normalisation of BDSM enabling abusers to justify fatal violence against women, says researcher https://t.co/GRCEVbbDjk
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- Extended operating hours to continue until April | Law Gazette https://t.co/DlkzhAfW6S
- The NHS is ready to start providing the new coronavirus vaccine "as fast as safely possible", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said https://t.co/pJg9QVowRR
- The
government has suffered a heavy defeat in the House of Lords over its
controversial Brexit legislation. The Internal Market Bill contains
measures that overrule parts of the UK's Brexit agreement with the EU https://t.co/tQCTgmdPMV
- One in every 17 people who have had Covid-19 could be diagnosed with anxiety, depression or insomnia for the first time, a study of millions of US patient health records suggests https://t.co/fOhWzL8JhF
- #US attorney general William Barr has allowed prosecutors to probe alleged irregularities in the presidential election, prompting a senior justice department official to quit https://t.co/NCEQvmDVPo
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- Call for discrimination on basis of criminal conviction to be banned - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QrRruPxJnY
- Reserve training contracts for disabled, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/rwVSlTZqWU
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- Remote evidence could tackle expert shortage in family court | Law Gazette https://t.co/JN0o8lF2tW
- Brexit and UK devolution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Bgt5UzUtMl
- Lawyers of Tomorrow – Katie Deans - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yYDbthxZQH
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- Debt Recovery Tribunal Slaps Rs 5 Lakh Penalty on Bank of #India for Compromising Loan Recovery https://t.co/fv2UAmT11E
- Pinsent Masons advises on landmark Scottish offshore wind project - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Hvd0M98itA
- UK set to cut Covid self-isolation to 10 days after Cummings and Whitty row https://t.co/pocndAxjIj
- Former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist party and member of the House of Lords, Lord Kilclooney, has been called on to apologise after referring to the US vice-president-elect as “the Indian” in a tweet https://t.co/AIfSy0Izp7
