Edition 3345: 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: Torch-lit demo in Bologna, Italy, protesting compulsory closure of businesses - restaurateurs decry the shut-down of hospitality venues as the city moves into the so-called ‘orange zone’ of the country’s COVID restrictions system.
Focus of the Day Article: Uber drivers are workers with access to paid holidays, minimum wage and other benefits, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark ruling. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Living Room Law: Lawyers who are doing things differently tell their stories at new virtual conference - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RRoUQlXbOq
- We need to train our magistrates that remand is not automatic in all cases: Justice Deepak Gupta (Retd.) | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Zq73QPQ2R
- Court delays allow violent offenders to avoid prison https://t.co/0KBC4XQhN
- Investment Law in #India Explained | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/ZBQZj1qXCK
- Latham & Watkins bumps trainee pay to £50-55k and increases maintenance grant - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sC78X6pCzq
- Madras
High Court asks Central government to consider request to print image
of Subhas Chandra Bose on currency notes | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/RV5PqNgi4P
- Essential Inquest Law Updates with Rachel Marcus and Jim Duffy on Law Pod UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/JJXYhMeCj
- UK medical regulator investigates after a firm was awarded a £30m contract during the pandemic. Alex Bourne - who used to run a pub near Matt Hancock's old constituency home, made vials for Covid testing and had no history of medical goods manufacturing https://t.co/sJ1swuY5nw
- When is a Slip and Fall Accident Legally Actionable? | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/ybmKUBj7Qo
- The key commercial awareness themes of 2021 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Brbvygf3lZ
- Judge-alone trials could have ‘breached’ ACT’s constitutional limitations - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rLNEfFT97G
- The daughters of assassinated #US black civil rights leader Malcolm X have requested that the murder investigation be reopened in light of new evidence https://t.co/laTj3IVIt
- Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping after a car was stolen in Birmingham with the owner's two children inside, police have said https://t.co/wfi7h9X31
- Police have handed a £10,000 fine to the organiser of a church meet-up in a pub car park. Officers from Nottinghamshire Police said the Church on the Streets service, involving about 30 people in Bardney Drive, Bulwell, Nottingham, broke lockdown rules https://t.co/nh16m3PfI
- Making unfounded allegations against spouse amounts to mental cruelty: Bombay High Court upholds divorce granted to wife | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/egOArlRThW
- The judiciary’s quest towards compromising its independence | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/GArCOGpMs
- 5 Ways the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Protects You | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/ZtDirDbCBQ
- From tough beginnings to top of the profession: How one lawyer continues to use compassion and openness to succeed in law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/hWVlZuHGd
- Banks liable under Consumer Protection Act for deficiency in locker service: Supreme Court issues guidelines to banks on operating lockers | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iae4GtNMu0
- Ex-Clifford Chance junior lawyer charged with insider trading alongside younger banker brother - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KfajHiKfC
- What Types of Cases Fall Under Family Law | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/peGgjfX8HU
- Employment contracts are insurance policies - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/RoGnF7lzcW
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that Southwark Crown Court will be the next place to pilot rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing of court users| NLJ https://t.co/QWhZxa9WF
- The 'cab-rank' rule - an ethical conundrum - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mf3Tkt5lfp
- MIGRATION
AND HUMAN RIGHTS THE RESPECT OF MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS Migration and human
rights : the respect of migrants' rights, case of Morocco, Tunisia, and
Jordan | Ghaith Saad https://t.co/Qdjgb3aNZy
- What’s next for contract lawyering? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/zDmEIRNTBX
- 15 City law firms sign social mobility action plan - Legal Cheek https://t.co/i5DtFJH3j2
- Matt Hancock says it was "the right thing to do" to delay publishing contracts during the pandemic, despite a court ruling he acted unlawfully. A judge ruled the health secretary had "breached his legal obligation" https://t.co/61UWl1KP0P
- Claims for damage to a household TV and roof tiles have been made after a sonic boom was caused by RAF Typhoons that were intercepting a private plane https://t.co/i2EtxreNIx
- Officer manslaughter charge ‘important step in the administration of justice’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/mSiR5rqMN
- The Weekly Round-up: Phase 2 of the Grenfell Inquiry - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/us0xrhPPG
- What ‘build back better’ means for law firms - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X0M4ZODaBX
- How the legal profession can celebrate Mardi Gras in 2021 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DcEJGEdtZV
- The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published a report on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on human rights in the private sector | NLJ https://t.co/jSYXjaQfra
- Keoghs launches SQE apprenticeship for graduates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dzOD8EmOX
- BPP Law School to offer module in small talk - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7yTdvh8RL
- Goodwin Procter raises NQ solicitor pay to £137,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DUdyvcl7CR
- Jo Maugham QC claims Allen & Overy blacklisted him and his chambers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lZcYpZG7tD
- Summerfield Browne, Trustpilot, and the SRA - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O4Wjg7LNPH
- Fewest firms planning job cuts since pandemic began https://t.co/hvksvgp4h0
