Edition 3367: 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: The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, is under pressure to explain her officers' actions during a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard.
Police were seen grabbing and leading women away in handcuffs from the event held on Saturday in Clapham, south London.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was "urgently seeking an explanation", while Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked the Met for a report on what happened.
Focus of the Day Article: Four out of five last-minute legal claims brought by undocumented migrants in an attempt to avoid deportation are eventually rejected,
according to the Home Office. An analysis of people detained since 2017 has found more than 70 per
cent made new claims or legal appeals days before they were due to be
removed. Full story - Scottish Legal News
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- UK aims to diverge from EU data rules to drive growth, minister says, Telecom News, ET Telecom https://t.co/ZKgijHzOeM
- Portugal will be removed from the "red list" of countries from where travel to England is banned after 04:00 GMT on Friday, the Department for Transport has announced https://t.co/QWLD5EFtTm
- The Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions, the #Vatican office responsible for doctrine has said https://t.co/srM22USmV
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- A probationary Met officer involved in the search for Sarah Everard has been removed from duties for allegedly sharing an "inappropriate graphic" https://t.co/bSRL9LPyox
- A woman who attended a vigil for Sarah Everard in south London says she was ignored when she tried to report a case of indecent exposure to police https://t.co/6Zq9R6Zvj
- Hundreds of people have joined a vigil in London for Sarah Everard, despite Home Secretary Priti Patel urging against gatherings https://t.co/KNRZ7DxPSF
- UK Home Office has commented that it will not release any kind of information on former #Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s current immigration status as it will be a breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 https://t.co/UnlHXLip1
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- The World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that incidents involving blood clots are caused by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine https://t.co/IS4gOC8rc
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- EU to launch legal action over UK plan to extend Brexit grace period https://t.co/9qgTlGbt4m
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- #Syria’s first lady could be prosecuted in UK, have citizenship revoked https://t.co/dpsf4PN3vq
- Junior barrister says more ‘Understanding’ is needed to retain females at the Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/6BvPamItex
- The #Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects https://t.co/vWtZrrn2Sr
- Boris Johnson has said he is "deeply concerned" by footage showing police officers detaining women at Saturday's vigil to remember Sarah Everard. The PM will chair a meeting of the crime and justice taskforce later to discuss ways to protect women https://t.co/ODxCQSzjV
- Officers investigating the murder of Sarah Everard have cordoned off an area in the town of Sandwich in Kent https://t.co/M01YG8b4xA
- #Australia March 4 Justice: Thousands march against sexual assault https://t.co/LjnxyB9kxK
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