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12th March - Law News

Edition 3363: 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: More than 100 people have paid tribute in Alice Springs to a woman who fought to improve the safety of women, but was allegedly murdered in early 2021. R Rabuntja has been remembered as a passionate campaigner against domestic violence in Central Australia.

Focus of the Day Article: Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to support Afro hairstyle campaign. Firm adopts UK's 'Halo Code' to end hair discrimination for black employees in the workplace. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Injunction set aside after court finds lawyer’s evidence inaccurate | Law Gazette https://t.co/I16OKfAeUt
  • Police bill: Bail changes could fail crime victims, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/EFs1fRsDI9
  • #Australia's proposed anti-corruption commission creates 'retrograde' system, says lobby group https://t.co/RhuIJGMMdV 
  • #Bangladesh shipbreakers win right to sue UK owners in landmark ruling https://t.co/YWpM3Y0zwk
  • MinterEllison confirms chief executive's departure a week after sending email on Christian Porter - Law firm thanks Annette Kimmitt for her work during Covid, saying the decision to leave was ‘mutual’ https://t.co/KwHaH0KkBk
  • Civil liberties groups call police plans for demos an 'assault' on right to protest: Report comes shortly after proposal of new laws granting more powers to officers and the home secretary https://t.co/K3R3DAfVGQ 
  • First female senior partner elected at HSF | Law Gazette https://t.co/4Y8Mzrvh6y
  • Sarah Everard: Women share their fears of walking alone https://t.co/KhyrT8N7jU
  • People in England who are homeless or sleeping rough will be prioritised for Covid vaccines, alongside those aged 16 to 65 with underlying conditions that put them at increased risk https://t.co/ccIVfRaz17
  • #France is to ease restrictions on travel to and from seven countries outside the EU, including the UK https://t.co/M48nACoFhQ
  • Hundreds of UK companies have been compromised as part of a global campaign linked to Chinese hackers https://t.co/9EBxuhtxxJ 
  • Beckwith ruling “failed to deliver clarity” on lawyers’ private lives - Legal Futures https://t.co/6rNHWJDTbo 
  • A pivotal point in changing the mindset of sexual abuse victims | Law Gazette https://t.co/jjMS97khMh
  • Solicitor's wrongdoing "not a shield" for employee misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/3LxBNm5I5u
  • Justice must be done and seen to be done – but whose justice? That is the uncomfortable question - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1EPpcnx9l0 
  • Top QC: It's bordering on Luddite to ignore direct access - Legal Futures https://t.co/zPlwyHlY65 
  • Bar of Northern Ireland rejects ‘any amendments’ to Human Rights Act 1998 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qK3RfBB9MW
  • Thirteen trainees start work at Thorntons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WtpSkBTF2V
  • Stuart Hunter joins Aberdein Considine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mtE0vg3lod
  • Glasgow sheriff makes forced marriage protection order in respect of Indian student who fled to Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nAupFJ5Ow2
  • Championship clubs Middlesbrough and AFC Bournemouth have condemned "vile" racist social media abuse sent to Yannick Bolasie and Arnaut Danjuma https://t.co/cGDvLhCkIR
  • #Denmark suspends Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine 'as a precaution' https://t.co/kShgM6JPZK
  • Norilsk Nickel: #Russian mining firm pays record $2bn fine over Arctic oil spill https://t.co/9ASOcCitj7
  • #Myanmar's military accuses Suu Kyi of taking $600,000 and gold https://t.co/cn0x3sUtwp
  • The Duke of Cambridge has insisted that the royals are "very much not a racist family" in his first comments after accusations by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in a TV interview https://t.co/i380oUhwYh
  • Lawyers with disabilities or chronic illnesses sought for new study - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FVGgcm3zEj
  • Corey Hurren: #Canadian man has been sentenced to six years for his armed breach of the gates of an estate where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives https://t.co/3wX6UyX2H
  • A vigil highlighting women's safety on the streets has been organised following the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London https://t.co/iXaEgCHdvm
  • Fraser Sampson appointed UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ho5Sv8Mfti
  • Governing Irregular Migration and Asylum at the Borders of Europe: Between Efficiency and Protection | Angeliki Dimitriadi https://t.co/0GoXgWuB8
  • A Met police officer continues to be questioned on suspicion of murder and kidnap after human remains were found in the search for Sarah Everard https://t.co/9jtpdMPDtA
  • Rule of law should not take a backseat in pandemic, survey finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y2hTLAFeDl
  • Dr Brian Plastow to be Scotland’s first Biometrics Commissioner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gtyOTjykw
  • Genocide: ‘Clear and convincing’ evidence of Chinese guilt | Law Gazette https://t.co/UJT6RYNRWa
  • Stutthof Camp: A court in #Germany has declared a 96-year-old former Nazi camp guard unfit to stand trial but ruled that he should pay his own legal fees https://t.co/1czrVGT2M
  • Linklaters adopts Afro-textured hair code | Law Gazette https://t.co/UxoK1LWe3B
  • TLT attracts commercial litigator Peter McGladrigan - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hwGTiyb5AW 
  • Murder probe after former CPS lawyer found dead at home | Law Gazette https://t.co/RNDsXKiuIJ
  • ESPC: Fife and Kinross see faster selling times as fewer homes come to market - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FNtC2zMVWk
  • A man has been charged with murder after the death of a 16-year-old girl in Rhondda Cynon Taf https://t.co/QaAg7FGGaw
  • ‘Justice for Diego’: #Argentines demand answers in Maradona death - An expert panel in Argentina is investigating whether medical negligence contributed to football icon’s death last year https://t.co/Ny5HZhyWO
  • Top US diplomat decries ‘ethnic cleansing’ in #Ethiopia’s Tigray https://t.co/3Po05JT8QL
  • #Myanmar’s military on ‘killing spree’ against protesters: Amnesty https://t.co/82L7TOea2e 
  • MEPs back law to hold firms to account for environment and human rights abuses https://t.co/om6nBCru5j