Edition 3312: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Officials who have survived the past four years with the Trump administration and other officials who did not make it to the finish line.
Focus of the Day Article: A “troubling inequality” between BAME and White British consumers in
the way they access legal services has changed little in the five years
since it raised the issue, the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has
found. The panel also revealed big differences between ethnic minorities in the way they approach legal advice.
Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- The Guardian view on #Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: such bravery needs backing https://t.co/lzcEEERZ
- Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules. It comes after he denied reports of plans to dilute some workers' rights https://t.co/jXpOwiib0
- Britain has plenty of cash to bail out big business, yet nothing for the poorest https://t.co/ngUm5dvTf
- Rebels aim to insert genocide amendment in UK-China trade bill - UK court would determine whether China is committing genocide against #Uighurs if measure passed https://t.co/F3tHCt5GK
- Court closures and delays lead to Scotland recording only one high-value fraud case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zZPozFfg7N
- “How much does your building weigh, Norman?” - Legal Futures https://t.co/OWhP15Cib
- British Virgin Islands' governor launches inquiry into alleged corruption - Gus Jaspert’s extraordinary step comes amid claims of a climate of fear in the UK overseas territory https://t.co/t6NBwW54dV
- Malicious prosecution: Whitehouse and Clark reportedly paid £21m – plus £3m in legal expenses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XKQEK2DfY
- Government narrowly sees off Tory revolt over anti-genocide trade deal law https://t.co/9OndnyUeA
- A Starbucks branch in Dublin has been ordered to pay compensation to a customer of Thai heritage after an employee drew "slanty" eyes on her cup #Ireland https://t.co/AQvIm4wzH
- Trainee specialist launches scholarships for Black graduates - Legal Futures https://t.co/PQocfb4e
- #Saudi Arabia's blockade of Qatar is over – but my father is still in jail for opposing it https://t.co/GktLqmfc
- G4S migrant workers 'forced to pay millions' in illegal fees for jobs https://t.co/Jp4vJ7OfV
- Sheriff Appeal Court remits contact order application by abusive ex-partner for reconsideration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5wXCDOgO
- #Australia's proposed media code could break the world wide web, says the man who invented it - Tim Berners-Lee says the plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news content undermines the web’s ‘fundamental principle’ https://t.co/F7IyxRpFb
- Business secretary confirms post-Brexit review of UK workers' rights https://t.co/mGgZtPIBoS
- Veteran solicitor practised without insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/I4Dzulw80
- Coroner's Covid findings stoke calls for inquiry into pandemic policy https://t.co/itYoIzFXeO
- “Troubling inequality” persists for BAME consumers of legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/F0vxK4etUb
- Knights aims to plug geographical gaps throughout UK - Legal Futures https://t.co/5ghBbrX12V
- Levelling the playing field of US-UK extradition | Law Gazette https://t.co/kV14xUCjgX
- Scotland's
Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of
February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home https://t.co/p6kBLxVifO
- A group of politicians drank alcohol on Welsh Parliament premises days after a ban on serving it in pubs took effect. Conservative Senedd leader Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Nick Ramsay were seen drinking together in early December https://t.co/oZNOQJTojD
- A rail company has begun an internal investigation after staff allegedly held a surprise baby shower in a closed Patisserie Valerie bakery at London's Marylebone station during lockdown https://t.co/7SiI4E4eHP
- How to keep junior lawyers happy | Law Gazette https://t.co/c9BI9k9P0F
- #US Capitol riots: Trump supporter Riley June Williams arrested after Pelosi 'data theft' https://t.co/a4Sq8bOLl
- A 500-year-old painting has been discovered in a flat in Italy and returned to a museum - where staff were unaware it had even been stolen - The copy of Salvator Mundi, is believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci #Italy https://t.co/MEYUalqdQY
- HMCTS digital evidence rethink | Law Gazette https://t.co/v8gfevEVMe
- Question mark hangs over Saudi Arabia’s decline in executions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IdKg7u7GF0
- Law firm workers say they are being forced into the office | Law Gazette https://t.co/zV74sx8NJo
- A refusal to accept cash is "creeping into the wider UK economy", an expert has said, after a survey suggested coronavirus had hastened a shift towards a cashless society https://t.co/YEezxdv0p
- News focus: Guideline hourly rates - ending the big freeze? | Law Gazette https://t.co/pm5imAHOVX
- Experts
unconvinced by Lord Sumption's lockdown ethics - Critics of retired
supreme court justice say QALYs measure not intended for public health
debate https://t.co/9lGdoC4zkv
- Facebook claims it does not conduct business in Australia in Cambridge Analytica appeal https://t.co/1ECjzsghh
- Herbert Smith paralegal banned for overtime scam | Law Gazette https://t.co/cvf7Hodt8f
- 'My boss made me come to work and I caught Covid' https://t.co/bFHkRTL6oo
- Government facing rebellion over the Trade Bill, and plans to give British courts the right to decide if a country is committing genocide. Rebel Tory MPs want to allow Parliament to debate ending trade deals https://t.co/ERBhzGAg8E
- Doctors plead for legal protection from Covid judgement calls | Law Gazette https://t.co/dWPuk5jPoe
- Solicitors refuse to back ombudsman’s 19% budget rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/gN0tI6V6kv
- Solicitor tests positive for Covid-19 after seeing client at court | Law Gazette https://t.co/VFoOESrB5z
- Prominent City solicitor accused of ‘dishonest’ transfers | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwMRbRmD3S
- Fife hotelier jailed for two years after £380,000 VAT fraud - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hbknA097ct
- TLT appointed to UK government’s trade law panel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vHQNftzneb
- Covid
self-employment income support scheme unfair say mothers - Campaigners
are bringing a judicial review for indirect sexual discrimination on
Thursday https://t.co/lZIO4nZClT
- M1 deaths: Coroner calls for smart motorway review https://t.co/Tza3iR5VWQ
- Covid and the courts: 'Grave concerns' for justice, warn watchdogs https://t.co/syGDu3IQdD
- Ministry of Defence under fire over 18 per cent rise in data breaches - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8Pvl5JpEuK
- Case backlog threatens UK criminal justice system, say inspectors - Justice chief inspectors say delays have ‘severe implications’ for victims, witnesses and accused https://t.co/MVDJZ6L43g
- Kenny Scott joins MacRoberts in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BLpcCSoD1l
- Most optimistic hopes exceeded: Rapid Dundee growth for legal firm Gilson Gray https://t.co/zVRuYlO5E
- Court Confirms Jurisdiction To Extend Time In Defamation Proceedings Retrospectively #Ireland https://t.co/gpuVmAZzr
- Solicitors’ leaders warn two-week ‘pause’ of court work needed to stem infection https://t.co/TocKQa3gAJ
- Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against #Norway windfarm https://t.co/aIXQPI57WC
- Supreme Court orders insurers to pay out for coronavirus-related business interruption losses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rThbuyccrt
- Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee will be sitting in the Madurai Bench for two days next week, Monday and Tuesday #India https://t.co/vh2ICFFjic
- Herbert Smith paralegal banned for fake overtime approval - Legal Futures https://t.co/lm9X2GHNF1
- SME firm eyes ABS licence to share fees with non-lawyer collaborators - Legal Futures https://t.co/UPWQ0D2xGH
