Edition 3252: 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.
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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Criminal justice system is 'on its knees', says top English lawyer. Criminal Bar Association chair says funding cuts punishing victims more than criminals. Full story - Guardian Law
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Scottish National Party on an election winning roll and Boris Johnson's difficulties in Scotland growing - is this all heading in one inevitable direction? Channel 4 News has commissioned an exclusive focus group of Scots who voted no to independence in 2014. It shows that the prime minister has reason to be worried, but Nicola Sturgeon isn't having it all her own way.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Government will not support removal of Mr Justice Woulfe - Irish Legal News https://t.co/z5K2O0Clk
- Rebekah Vardy suing Coleen Rooney for libel as last resort, court told | https://t.co/tpSfJ3Ot1
- Holding #Australia to account for allegations of war crimes https://t.co/TxMCXFXDI
- Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties https://t.co/fgkBZmkqhZ
- Coronavirus: NI to face new lockdown measures from next Friday https://t.co/XsnWtPR7Kl
- High Court: No costs ordered in family law dispute - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eG0Q4mU8
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Zqyzo3dGO
- Personal injury lawyers are in company with estate agents, traffic wardens, and politicians. Broadly speaking, they are not particularly popular | Law Gazette https://t.co/GpOazZkVO
- Rights organisations urge Biden to help protect Good Friday Agreement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fxNmBJvwC
- Hope prevails as peers rebel against government over Internal Market Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tcKY0am0b
- Belfast man convicted of sexually assaulting teacher in Dumfries loses appeal against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jp9AbQYPFj
- Courts must aim higher than video hearings, says Susskind | Law Gazette https://t.co/ViGpGWUXM
- Fashion chains Peacocks and Jaeger have fallen into administration, putting more than 4,700 jobs and almost 500 shops at risk https://t.co/K8UF9wSEw
- Travellers returning to England from Israel and Sri Lanka will no longer need to quarantine from Saturday https://t.co/ghbJfkH9O
- Essex lorry deaths: Accused 'watched Netflix as migrants were loaded' https://t.co/SVvSAwq4
- Jeremy Corbyn's lawyers challenge Labour over MP suspension https://t.co/ZmyUHZNo8
- #China has strongly rebuked the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada after being accused of a concerted effort to silence critics in Hong Kong https://t.co/W45gl2YPi
- A draft report concluded in the summer that Home Secretary Priti Patel had broken rules on ministers' behaviour, sources familiar with the contents say https://t.co/wwMnN53p6
- Block on remote assessments stopping PI claimants getting help | Law Gazette https://t.co/WP4PtDbjt
- Department for International Trade calls out to arbitrators | Law Gazette https://t.co/LokKXpjkzC
- New conveyancing requirements to encourage digital ID checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/RBKkckzbd
- 'Complainant' and 'survivor' added to code for victims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Armssv8lII
- UK faces calls to drop opposition to patent-free Covid vaccines -Request will be made at WTO meeting in order to allow mass production of treatments https://t.co/gKplZ7Nwto
- Legal aid evidence reveals wellbeing crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/TnWdWPotO4
- Kevin Rudd calls for soldiers responsible for Afghanistan war crimes to be ‘brought to justice’ #Australia https://t.co/iRu5ZhXN40
- In schools, we see the extra harm Covid is doing to Britain's homeless children https://t.co/35s6zqsw1
- Criminal justice system is 'on its knees', says top English lawyer - Criminal Bar Association chair says funding cuts punishing victims more than criminals https://t.co/weDtF2nn0
- Rebekah Vardy suing Coleen Rooney for libel as last resort, court told - Footballer’s wife seeking vindication after being accused of leaking stories to the Sun https://t.co/2VJaVZqP8E
- The Pike River mining disaster was a tragedy that shocked the world. Twenty-nine men who were in the #NewZealand coal mine died when it collapsed in a series of explosions ten years ago https://t.co/baEPj2aPQ
- Lawyers make late plea to halt massive whiplash cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rv2XFkHoQ
- The alleged Afghanistan war crimes that shocked #Australia https://t.co/y77VqPTRw
- Caricatures of fatcat lawyers and greedy shysters lining their pockets through frivolous claims and overcharging clients have linked the legal profession unflatteringly with money for centurie
- The dead voter conspiracy theory peddled by Trump voters, debunked #US https://t.co/f8oXGJhjR
- Number of refugees safely resettled to hit record low, warns UNHCR - UN urges UK to restart programme of resettlement suspended during pandemic https://t.co/yElSUC1p5
- Naya Rivera drowning: wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Glee actor's son #US https://t.co/EXe430hkR
- Sexual offences review says consent must be communicated 'through words or actions' https://t.co/ovJ98yfkBa
- Second Epstein Investigation Begins at Victoria’s Secret, but What’s Changed? https://t.co/u9XbUswtT
- Pardon sought for Christine Keeler over Profumo affair conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sUoHTviAV
- Private baby scans show 'incredibly poor practice' - investigation has uncovered failures in the diagnosis of serious medical issues https://t.co/MtvACVMzd
- Price comparison site ComparetheMarket has been fined £17.9m by the competition watchdog for keeping home insurance costs artificially high: CMA concluded the website stopped insurers from advertising cheaper elsewhere for 2 years https://t.co/TyFIWCG8c
- Mixing households at Christmas could pose "substantial risks", particularly for older people more vulnerable to coronavirus, a scientist advising the government has warned https://t.co/9SyChYAlZ
- #Australian 'war crimes': Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds https://t.co/656KWsZNO
- St Andrews’ students launch new legal journal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m3bpO9WJ4k
- Now is the time to outsource a really good data protection officer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AQPRWAvF
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dwwjLJqJE5
- New cases registered now 78 per cent of pre-Covid monthly average - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zr06NGTYTs
- Sexual abuse at English and Welsh universities 'a public scandal' https://t.co/qDKrUtLU9
- Privacy campaigner Max Schrems takes on Apple over user-tracking - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yMtzNGkr
- Sexual violence awareness campaign halted due to Covid resumes - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BozUSC2iy
- Advocate-General Gerard Hogan to address online immigration lawyers' conference - Irish Legal News https://t.co/X7DdgAJri9
- NI: Armstrong Solicitors promotes Joanne Moore to director - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qikWZu3rC
- Board of Judicial Council to meet today - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Bp91M6NLT3
- Why Legal Entity Rationalisations Are More Important Than Ever https://t.co/hB7EAx6gq
- Israeli spyware maker NSO channels Hollywood spy thrillers in appeal for legal immunity in WhatsApp battle https://t.co/zdBBcBwg3
- Care home leaders call for protection against COVID legal claims https://t.co/bjpwoIfKY
- Surrey council faces legal challenge over oil drilling https://t.co/KfK33hovK
- Brexit and Data Protection: an Illusory Opportunity for Divergence? https://t.co/1pAhOgICY
- UK – High Court says government failed to grant gig economy workers health and safety rights https://t.co/AeSs2DEL9
- British Authorities to Lose Access to EU Law Enforcement Cooperation Tools - Including SIS, ECRIS & Prüm https://t.co/5vnP8I219
- Newly robed Barrister-at-law and Solicitor in the state of St Vincent and the Grenadines (#SVG), Chris-Ann Mofford, has promised to serve diligently https://t.co/MjMkXbCFFt
- Barrister should get appeal costs against District Court judge, Supreme Court rules - Matter dates back to separate lengthy litigation between lawyer and Campion Property #Ireland https://t.co/v0vDH7Cg2
- Solicitor Barry Magee appointed Legal Cost Adjudicator #Ireland https://t.co/5VwCUiaCkw
- High Court: Docklands development decision quashed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bvba55LEup
