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2nd January - Law News

Edition 3293: 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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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Shiromani Akali Dal's Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday visited the Indian farmers' protest site at Singhu border as the President of the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee and demanded revocation of the three contentious farm laws from the centre.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • An ex-Facebook lawyer Jessica Hertz is Big Tech's latest tie to the White House. Or is it? #US https://t.co/CAvujxOzzO
  • Rajasthan-Haryana border: Cops use water cannon, tear gas as farmers break through barricades #India https://t.co/UddgTqx3DW 
  • All primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the new term, the government has confirmed https://t.co/5sEWg3rfGO 
  • Lawyer Janet Hood, targeting Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, likens SNP to Nazis in Twitter slur https://t.co/uPUDZkb7lg
  • Covid: Illegal New Year party at Essex church broken up - the 500-year-old church was damaged during an illegal New Year's Eve party at the venue https://t.co/i1e8BFIJk3
  • Well-known Connecticut Lawyer, John Liquori shot and killed his covid-positive wife, on Christmas Day #US https://t.co/F9FGLRiWbr
  • Reuters cameraman detained in Ethiopia has seen no evidence against him, lawyer says https://t.co/Re6WrfWAaD 
  • #Uganda: Leading rights lawyer released on bail - Nicholas Opiyo was arrested last week, charged with money laundering https://t.co/CriAMOqqt
  • Faulks review urged to recommend legislation to curb JR | Law Gazette https://t.co/osIMIXSsyJ 
  • Following an investigation by the CMA, two UK-based companies that supply groundworks products to some of the UK’s largest construction firms, Vp plc and M.G.F. (Trench Construction Systems) Ltd, have been fined more than $15.2 million and $5 million https://t.co/A5CbNZnjdb 
  • #Russia: Remuneration Payments Increased for Rights to Patentable Objects https://t.co/atse6IrGRZ 
  • New Year's Eve revellers fined by police for breaking UK Covid rules https://t.co/iPkgD4jIwR 
  • UK Supreme Court Opens The Floodgates For Mass Consumer Actions https://t.co/awLEPTfNBH 
  • A much-used cycle lane in London that was removed because the local council said it was impeding the flow of motor vehicles has since been blocked by parked cars up to 80% of the time, a study by a campaign group has found https://t.co/f0IKQR3v1W
  • Moscow has launched a train carriage on the city metro system that’s dedicated to finding new owners for stray cats and dogs #Russia https://t.co/7TAWEIBHmD
  • UK Creating Stricter D&O Insurance Rules https://t.co/lT0k5Z9uOj
  • Drone users face new rules across Europe and UK https://t.co/82hIQU5QkB 
  • The 3 Biggest Legal Issues Facing #American Entrepreneurs in 2021 https://t.co/YXXX4GrPNP 
  • Biden legal team asks senators for judicial nomination recommendations #US https://t.co/cl5MOYVD8o
  • Holyrood refuses legal consent for UK trade deal with EU https://t.co/0CAgoEYHDq 
  • Ex-Bolton and Croatia star Ivan Klasnic gets £3.6m legal pay out from doctors https://t.co/22pLUfzQ0T
  • Online auction fees controversy: One operator to publish all charges https://t.co/tMrZTTaTN8
  • #Saudi Arabia Is Slowly Killing My Father https://t.co/OIENqmT8dl
  • Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber #US https://t.co/xUsmWljw9p
  • #Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region https://t.co/LCKFAqvW2E 
  • How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor #US https://t.co/78JDpIuHM0
  • Adobe Flash Player, the browser plug-in that brought rich animations and interactivity to the early web, has officially reached the end of its life https://t.co/USyyPgh2d0
  • 25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped #China’s Grasp https://t.co/xCLIBGg8Nb
  • Vice President Pence asks judge to toss GOP lawmaker's bid to overturn election results #US https://t.co/1nyn6CxX4
  • #Australia changes national anthem to reflect indigenous past and reflect on the brutal effects of colonialism https://t.co/fg5iXo6oBD 
  • A new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK began operating at 23:00 GMT on Thursday https://t.co/EeoHPB66Xn
  • Tampon tax: government axes VAT on sanitary products - Key campaigner Laura Coryton accuses Tory politicians of trying to turn issue into ‘pro-Brexit thing’ https://t.co/W0wank13Og 
  • Police in Essex launch manhunt after pensioner is murdered: Police say they are trying to find Leighton Snook after 83-year-old Donald Ralph was found dead at his home near Colchester https://t.co/Im9P8w0Dmr 
  • Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson says he will not fight for re-election in May due to an ongoing bribery and witness intimidation investigation https://t.co/ko1sKvLbDK 
  • Uncertain new era for the UK as it completes separation from European Union https://t.co/BjMNuLfxYX
  • Rights groups on Tuesday demanded that #Palestinian authorities free a woman disc jockey arrested after a dance event at a Muslim religious site near the West Bank city of Jericho https://t.co/bX8AApsguN 
  • #French Blunders: Controversial Security Law and Shutting Down of Human Rights NGO https://t.co/Kiu5IZRCy8
  • The father of UK PM Boris Johnson says he is applying for French citizenship now that Britain has severed ties with the EU. Stanley Johnson told France's RTL radio he had always seen himself as French as his mother was born in France https://t.co/mGb75YbWSy 
  • Tamir Rice shooting: justice department investigation ends without charges #US https://t.co/2aiOXYgsmV
  • Belfast rugby team's founder accused of sexual assault https://t.co/MNt9Lz2wTm