Edition 3266: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Leading judge appointed next chair of the Scottish Arbitration Centre. Lord Glennie to assume role after retirement from bench as SAC ushers in more diverse board. Full story - The Global Legal Post
Today's Highlighted Video Story: New details have emerged over the crash on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway which left four police officers dead. It can now be revealed that the driver at the centre of the smash, Mohinder Singh, was high on drugs and severely sleep deprived when his truck slammed into the officers in April this year. The 48-year-old pleaded guilty over the incident and apologised to his victims, describing them as innocent people.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Will making on the rise in wake of coronavirus | Law Gazette https://t.co/o4q4LhoZuu
- UK rebuked over failure to enforce Troubles court rulings having not carried out effective inquiries into killings as required by ECHR, Council of Europe says https://t.co/Rwvw18ZXFf
- Indefinite sentences 'the greatest single stain on justice system' - Lord Brown calls for action over prisoners in England and Wales languishing under rules https://t.co/orX3oAzXO
- Quarantine rules to be relaxed for business travellers https://t.co/gjY8HfXAUw
- Arbitration hub opens ‘super suite’ for Covid-era disputes | Law Gazette https://t.co/tjx7GHAV9D
- Trial listed in 2023? Not true, Buckland tells MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/si73zKimp
- A look this week at robotic weapons and the law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YrKCuYozNV
- Dr Fauci: The UK 'was not as careful' as US in vaccine approval https://t.co/SWCvL1tp16
- Senator of the College of Justice Lord Glennie has retired, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in 2005 and to the Inner House in 2016 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0Jy9z8zKi
- Turnover at Gillespie Macandrew reaches £14m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uUGmpD9rjR
- English High Court rules under 16s unlikely to be able to consent to puberty blocking drugs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZNJta0uhvs
- A woman was strangled to death after two dogs pulled on their leads which were around her neck as she walked them, an inquest has heard. Deborah Roberts was fatally injured in Garden Village, Wrexham on 8 July https://t.co/xviejaS7H
- Facebook says it will start removing false claims about Covid-19 vaccines to prevent "imminent physical harm" https://t.co/GVtyBpbDnE
- £500k in five years to celebrate women in law, yet much more to be done says charity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BvMLev7gK
- More than 100,000 young people supported by CashBack for Communities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BX045CdJKZ
- Ranjitsinh Disale, a teacher from a village school in #India, praised for improving the education of girls, has won this year's Global Teacher Prize; he's given away half of it to the 9 runners up https://t.co/kRxG7PpCIx
- The international vaccine supply chain has been targeted by cyber-espionage, according to IBM. The company says it tracked a campaign aimed at the delivery "cold chain" used to keep vaccines at the right temperature https://t.co/BJ2yXTPA0
- Avonmouth warehouse explosion: Emergency services at scene - Firefighters were called to an explosion in Kings Weston Lane in Avonmouth, an industrial area near Bristol, at about 11:20 GMT https://t.co/nbGSWjp2r
- BT takes legal near-shoring option with Northern Ireland move - Legal Futures https://t.co/x6ODFiXxa
- Second provider reveals price for SQE preparation courses - Legal Futures https://t.co/MAw1kR08vZ
- Lottery funding helps law firm launch free Covid fines app - Legal Futures https://t.co/1Huu9ktez
- Inward investment consultancy becomes ABS after “exponential growth” - Legal Futures https://t.co/VPq77hqTSt
- Digby Brown named UK Catastrophic Injury Team of the Year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qt8AjhIFV
- Anne McSherry becomes company secretary at Cairn Energy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1a8aUxWmAt
- Streaming a television show in standard definition can shave a little off your carbon emissions, HD video streaming on a phone generates about eight times more in emissions https://t.co/KGjUQnt2II
- Sainsbury's and Aldi to hand back £540m of business rates relief https://t.co/1JhcmNzcb
- People will be able to travel between Wales and England's tier one and two areas, the Welsh Government has said https://t.co/9fuqnUjSH
- Topshop owner Arcadia leaves gift card holders 50% short https://t.co/jJkGLG9cAb
- Denise Laverty joins partnership at Gilson Gray - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Nq9cE8xsl8
- Interim gambling reform law brought into effect - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zEd9xsKTNm
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/CewXr0nNA
- Parole Board will be put on statutory footing next year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fG4LYoM1C
- NI: Review backs move to Scottish model of hate crime prosecutions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2vwpseRM8
- UK government condemned for refusing Finucane inquiry again - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XTbIMG8yc
- Aisling Timoney joins multi-profession health regulator - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0nyFEKNday
- 'Apologies Bill' aims to take the heat out of disputes | Law Gazette https://t.co/ryhVwxHgN
- Warring siblings return to court in ‘case of the missing original will’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/AeSiWOkUY
- 'Exceptional results' boost Ince shares | Law Gazette https://t.co/gRQzr0R4U
- Embezzling Crown Office employee jailed for stealing cash and drugs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XR9rEaLxi
- English solicitor successfully appeals ‘alarming’ misconduct fine after intimate relations with firm junior - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OwSarxiZj
- Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, who retired from the Supreme Court bench just two months ago, has passed away at the age of 72 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qu8W8Xbs2
- Secretaries and paralegals banned in flurry of SRA activity | Law Gazette https://t.co/sq4wUUUjfI
- Publicly accessible toilets in England are being reviewed by the government. It says evidence shows that an increasing number are being converted into gender-neutral facilities https://t.co/idYz6XvGQj
- Doctors may have made decisions about "do not resuscitate orders" without consent in the first wave of the pandemic, the care watchdog has warned https://t.co/0QzSrB1Dms
- Extra measures 'to ensure fair exams next summer' https://t.co/W0fueDUlz3
- Live animal exports to be banned in England and Wales https://t.co/KnumIlwKSP
