Edition 3313: 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: Former US president Donald Trump still hasn't mouthed the words "I concede", nor do most of his followers intend to accept his defeat. Their movement has often been described as a personality cult, a description that many of them are comfortable with. They believe Donald Trump is the saviour of the American way of life and only he alone can take on the Democrats and the political and corporate establishment.
But does this amount to a rolling insurrection in the months and years ahead?
Focus of the Day Article: The chief executive of HM Courts & Tribunals Service has insisted
that court buildings are safe from the moment of arrival, despite
reports of ‘filthy’ bathrooms and busy public waiting areas. In a government blog post, Kevin Sadler said there is ‘no evidence
that our sites are unsafe’ with public health advice indicating that
‘community transmission is the most likely source of the vast majority
of cases where court and tribunal users have tested positive’.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Police have urged people not to "drive to see the floods" as evacuations of households in the wake of Storm Christoph begin in England and Wales https://t.co/lTCfhUkwwh
- Saga cruises says all customers must be vaccinated https://t.co/NUGuEljcg
- Scottish parliament rejects Westminster's 'spy cops' bill https://t.co/zAk75EGAA
- In the swim: Sir Nicholas Green - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/V33Yx5WTFD
- My legal life: Charlie Lightfoot, Jenner & Block - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pjp3JdIy
- Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback: The ruling strikes down weak rules for coal-burning power plants and gives the Biden administration a freer hand to impose tighter restrictions #US https://t.co/NkHbstlAG
- 'Greatest threat': Inspectors sound alarm over courts backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/XTZLAjFCs
- Woman Is Sentenced to 43 Years for Criticizing #Thai Monarchy https://t.co/u3K3dTp1d0
- While most arrests in the Capitol riot have been individuals, new charges accused three people tied to a right-wing militia of conspiring to commit violence #US https://t.co/LX1y9Kybf8
- Global bar body backs ‘genocide amendment’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1a7xXED0CW
- Holyrood passes bill to protect shopworkers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4xNvs0y0M
- Proposal to use terrorism laws during pandemic revealed by Scottish government in bungled disclosure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xZPydoJ4m
- UK Supreme Court rules business interruption insurance policies must pay out after Covid-19 losses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/32b6BRSYQG
- Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th #US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history. "Democracy has prevailed," he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts https://t.co/CQ2ZsLri3b
- BAME clients less trusting of lawyers than white clients, watchdog finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/C6quc7zVch
- Solicitor without insurance struck off to end 46-year career | Law Gazette https://t.co/ePBgGANfIV
- New watchdog will be able to ban dangerous materials used at Grenfell Tower https://t.co/CsPMTGpxaS
- HMCTS chief: Courts ‘safe from the moment you arrive’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/z1VKukR6SE
- Court kills off fraud claim by LiP against City giant | Law Gazette https://t.co/mZppzt2IGh
- Purpose-built court building reopens - as a film set | Law Gazette https://t.co/QUz3yp7QG
- City solicitor rebuts 'concocted story' about client funds transfers | Law Gazette https://t.co/rbIuF3mdzE
- "Some of the old guard are not necessarily at work because of a love of practising law, but because it funds a lifestyle to which they are accustomed and brings them respect and satisfaction" - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZbwCsoCJBw
- Law Society to LeO: Ask government, not lawyers, for more cash - Legal Futures https://t.co/8XZmnvugD
- Solicitor who misled tribunals on Ugandan law is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/b8T0fMeAp
- Law firm awarded £25k damages for defamatory Trustpilot review - Legal Futures https://t.co/pvWuf3hfZ
- Disgruntled client ordered to pay £25,000 damages for libelous review | Law Gazette https://t.co/MlRPmjZYBR
- David Perry QC quits prosecution of #HongKong activists - British barrister was called ‘mercenary’ by UK foreign secretary for taking on case against pro-democracy figures https://t.co/WCHLwROkfG
- Covid-19: Concerns for prison population raised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TGszL3kJ03
- Nine Met Police officers have been fined for breaching lockdown rules to meet at a cafe while on duty https://t.co/p6jUbuenrE
- BBC faces 'financial risk' over licence fee income, watchdog says - time to bring in selective advertising revenue? https://t.co/aar6VAETcG
- In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump has pardoned 73 people, including his former adviser Steve Bannon, who is facing fraud charges #US https://t.co/8B5pxWlxQ
- Paper argues for greater court access for devolved nations to settle disputes with Westminster - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0pKZX55Jg
- Former police officers campaign for decriminalisation of drugs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NO0R3XYpT
- New award to honour memory of Aberdeen law student Emily Drouet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E32EowegH
- UK government accused of discriminating against maternity leave-takers - Charity brings judicial review and says payment calculations breach Human Rights Act https://t.co/1sE6IIYp1H
- Martyn Evans named new chair of Scottish Police Authority - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O8HTp6bQUO
- Interview: BBC Scotland legal director Rosalind McInnes on her life in the law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/brVtcCGkE
- Reports of female-perpetrated child sexual abuse rise sharply - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lr0wkP0ZU
- NI: John Keers appointed to Judicial Digitisation Steering Group - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AkztcJ4Qvj
- #Canada homeless man found dead in freezing temperatures just feet away from a shelter which had closed early due to a Covid outbreak. Raphaël André, 51, was pronounced dead early on Sunday https://t.co/G1ebBfTx4A
- NI: Four new appointments for BLM in Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bdXfqjcRsF
- CCLRP says action is needed to address heavy impact of pandemic on vulnerable children - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Zz33noygO
- MPs demand answers over lack of Covid support for self-employed https://t.co/VkvZpG0Uve
- Van Morrison to start legal action over Northern Ireland Covid ban on live music https://t.co/QPw4YrWHZI
- #China has committed genocide in its repression of the Uighurs and other mainly Muslim peoples, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday https://t.co/y8LkOjV8Yw
- New owners of Tiger King zoo ordered to surrender cubs #US https://t.co/HczRU9WmJQ
- High court grants leave to appeal to UK gender identity service - NHS trust wins right of appeal over referrals for puberty-blocking drugs for under-16s who want gender reassignment https://t.co/jmWfDORxD
- Enviornmental justice centre established as green litigation poised to grow - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZAceOvaSCn
