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4th November - Law News

Edition 3236: 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:  A leading legal academic has been appointed to lead the independent review into the difficulties experienced by students who sought to sit the centralised Bar professional training course this summer. Professor Becky Huxley-Binns is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) at Hull University, having previously been Vice-Provost, Academic Enhancement, at the University of Law. Full story - Legal Futures
 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The UK's terror threat level has been raised to "severe" - meaning an attack on British soil is highly likely. The Home Secretary Priti Patel described it as a precautionary measure, after a series of attacks in Europe - including last night’s attack in Vienna when a gunman shot four people dead and injured more than 20 others.  The suspect - a 20 year old Islamist extremist, who'd been jailed for trying to join the militant IS group in Syria - was eventually shot dead by police.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Pubs will be allowed to sell takeaway alcohol in a relaxation of planned lockdown rules in England https://t.co/USO8Uzzg7D
  • Average legal costs in litigated personal injury cases just over €23k - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yPeWgZaCqd
  • Carson McDowell names Sinead Keavey as new head of Dublin office - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kqwoEuolYg
  • High Court: Solicitor who 'borrowed from Peter to pay Paul' must be struck off - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RJ2w5FGZt3
  • Heathrow in legal challenge over government ban on VAT-free shopping https://t.co/EwwpaCA9n1
  • Protest exemption set to be removed from England lockdown rules - Expected move is met with fierce criticism from campaigners and human rights groups https://t.co/KqWDdua1Cj
  • Sylhet, #Bangladesh custodial death: Rayhan’s mother approaches High Court now - She also wants to be a petitioner in the writ petition filed earlier seeking judicial inquiry https://t.co/f5WXUvUU3D
  • Malcolm McKeown murder accused refused bail despite High Court indication https://t.co/W6GRA7pn2P
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/SncmtzTKLy
  • Apprentice barristers being 'refused entry' to court due to pandemic #Ireland https://t.co/TVqwz9z42t 
  • Heard lost public sympathy for standing up against Depp assaults, says QC - Abused women should be ‘meek and subservient’ to receive public sympathy, says Baroness Helena Kennedy QC https://t.co/02ud6MPEo
  • Stephen Lawrence murder: Met Police officers could face criminal charges https://t.co/k4Xx8iVazK
  • #Sweden brings in rule of eight for diners amid spike in infections https://t.co/GpOt78AUhz
  • Rape suspect Kadian Nelson urged to hand himself in https://t.co/EYBp3MbEmS
  • Glitch caused self-isolation orders to be too long https://t.co/9dx0azB65w
  • UK terrorism threat level raised to 'severe' https://t.co/pGew5LnDbp 
  • Vietnamese woman who was born in an Indonesian refugee camp has shared her remarkable journey from asylum seeker to award-winning #Australian barrister https://t.co/gOKD2jvpW
  • Lawyer in the news: Pádraig Ó Muirigh, Ó Muirigh Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/EcTMyCCNTe
  • My late wife, an extraordinary hero, was instrumental in #NewZealand legalising assisted dying https://t.co/euVdCYjiw
  • My legal life: Andrew Gregory, Leonard Curtis Legal - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/vmt5ZRZhQq
  • Family awards can be overruled | Law Gazette https://t.co/VS5Ua9v0p8
  • 'Finding them is not rocket science': the hunt for the #Rwandan genocide fugitives - Arrest of Félicien Kabuga in Paris has energised search for others accused of playing role in 1994 genocide https://t.co/PIynBNPJxh
  • BLM movement inspires change in big firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/d7N2I2Cj
  • The dishonest overseas operations bill strips British troops of justice |- A bill going through parliament offers protection to the MoD, but not to servicemen and women https://t.co/pLvKYBXex7
  • Virtual Pro Bono Week celebrates lawyer volunteers | Law Gazette https://t.co/uds9Qqtc8V
  • Dundee solicitor Ross Paton, described as the life and soul of any party, has died aged 71 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SBTOVBgvG
  • Legal services price transparency guidance comes into effect next year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ONxOdvuy4z
  • Tour bus company ordered on appeal to make reparations to man involved in accident   - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oeBVzuIBTA
  • Police have carried out a series of raids and made 14 arrests in the hours since a gunman murdered four people in the heart of Vienna #Austria https://t.co/DfEcuc6lm
  • Princess Diana's brother has called for a BBC inquiry over faked bank statements he says helped secure his sister's historic Panorama interview https://t.co/KSziAy1F7
  • Lone child migrants cannot be put in adult hotels, high court rules: More under-18s seeking asylum likely to be affected by ruling against Hillingdon council https://t.co/97wIogb60u
  • The defenders of judicial review | Law Gazette https://t.co/lYwmHSQ7u
  • Johnny Depp’s defeat in libel case hailed by domestic violence charities: The trial highlighted tactics used to silence and discredit victims, say campaigners https://t.co/1HxCW8XaV
  • Online probate applications mandatory from today | Law Gazette https://t.co/E4CYzQysYx
  • Why solicitors need to keep an eye on their partners. https://t.co/hsY0ZtxAnA
  • The Sun's risky strategy vindicated in Johnny Depp libel case: Failure of attempt to undermine Heard’s account could have lasting implications https://t.co/A2ooMP2zzF
  • ‘Vast majority’ of disabled solicitors want to continue working from home | Law Gazette https://t.co/WJl9mmtnOC
  • Ex-DWF boss becomes ABS's chair as he launches new venture - Legal Futures https://t.co/boIUauQLCM
  • Just Employment Law hosts online charity auction foor Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/06Z5AN3GAy
  • More than 400 people arrested at anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne #Australia https://t.co/cZtOKjt5m
  • Judge says care home residents in England are legally allowed visitors https://t.co/4cggXo47L3
  • #US Supreme court to hear Obamacare case that may lead to 20m losing insurance: Court will hear a case a week after election day that could result in the law being overturned – or only one provision eliminated https://t.co/diAWA20a6
  • #Ugandan singer Bobi Wine arrested after confirmation as election candidate: Singer hoping to unseat Uganda’s long-time leader was dragged from his car by police https://t.co/2i0J9E1sD
  • People in Liverpool will be offered regular Covid-19 tests under the first trial of whole city testing in England https://t.co/6zzaMwubk
  • New chambers goes virtual – for now - Legal Futures https://t.co/zUao1n2z18
  • Scotland could be facing a tsunami of car repossessions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UBmS1rfml
  • £45m deal for NHS masks collapses amid fraud claims: millions of respirators missing as medical company sues its supplier in US https://t.co/4sbZWhUqd7
  • Former UN chief hits out at "activist lawyer" label - Legal Futures https://t.co/HLH7Fbc1RV
  • Mask exemptions must be clearer, rape campaigner says https://t.co/NI9irENy5V
  • Wales manager Ryan Giggs has denied an allegation of assault made against him. The Wales manager has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend, several newspapers have reported https://t.co/PCVUAGcZ2p
  • More Scottish businesses expected to explore sale-and-leasebacks - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZK4kNmJcR
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qAvRnuC58S 
  • Lawyers of tomorrow – Christie MacColl - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WOvxkDk4kO
  • Six new partners unveiled at Graham + Sibbald - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Sm2Bim6KJe
  • Professor Susan McVie elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HBEzsJNLX4
  • Ewan McIntyre joins Burges Salmon in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDCt7iSQTC
  • Courts will be exempt from second lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/D53JfpXLfN
  • Anne McTaggart retires from Balfour and Manson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Iq04WWx4QN
  • Faculty to hold online event on pro bono after Covid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GKlF641z5a
  • How Much Can You Claim In a Train Accident? #Australia | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/my13OhGPbt
  • US law firm duo dish out COVID bonuses to London lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AUUOII9rFU
  • What is the Law on Anonymity in Sexual Assault Cases? #Australia | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/cxGigUUDXQ
  • Training contract numbers return to pre-financial crash levels for first time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/afjD0NOROx
  • Coronavirus lockdown: Children's grassroots sport to be halted - culture secretary https://t.co/AJwpKuVS6E
  • UK cyber-threat agency confronts Covid-19 attacks https://t.co/VBv497F2RB
  • Gunmen have killed at least 32 people and set fire to homes in a "horrendous" attack in western #Ethiopia, officials say https://t.co/7WQBu0GFL
  • English law 'abused by the powerful to threaten foreign journalists' - Libel industry in ‘clear need’ of review, says leading foreign policy thinktank https://t.co/8JxwAPA5Q7