Edition 3370: 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 practice of forcing Indonesian girls and women to wear the hijab is being labelled an abuse of their rights. A new report by Human Rights Watch has found women who were pressured into wearing the veil - regardless of their religion - suffer trauma because they are bullied and humiliated for going against the grain.
Focus of the Day Article: 'Sometimes I pinch myself' - crown counsel's call for disadvantaged students to pursue law goes viral. South Atlantic-based prosecutor inspires with account of how he defied teacher's advice 'to set sights low Full story - The Global Legal Post
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Trial of Woman Who Killed Her Husband Highlights Domestic Abuse in #Turkey https://t.co/ktGhE4apG
- Dominic Raab 'totally misunderstands' Northern Ireland Brexit terms, warns EU https://t.co/XLDVMXcwgu
- LAA reviewing Covid-19 contingency arrangements | Law Gazette https://t.co/b19f4gUqPi
- Peloton has warned parents to keep children away from its treadmills after the death of a child https://t.co/ZR30Ro8s1c
- Johnny Depp says 'lie' about charity donation influenced libel judge: Amber Heard’s team tells court about ‘ample support’ for evidence as actor seeks to overturn assault ruling https://t.co/6oTTSLe3S
- Work with locals in hunt for Nightingale courts, HMCTS told | Law Gazette https://t.co/QuP5MYHSB7
- The UK government is to make an unprecedented move to give the Northern Ireland secretary new powers to compel Stormont to implement abortion laws https://t.co/tGm2x8rDko
- Fixed universal credit cuts are unlawful, high court in UK rules - Victory for four former rough sleepers in Manchester left destitute after DWP deductions to pay court fines https://t.co/lwamFMukqr
- British nationality laws are to be reformed to remove a number of anomalies that have recently led to people from the Windrush generation being refused citizenship – despite the Home Office admitting that its own errors led to them being ruled ineligible https://t.co/vd84EUU43
- Scotland should have specialist rape court, review recommends https://t.co/ErWoQrrUuA
- Supreme court to hear challenge to UK's voter ID trial in 2019 election: Case could affect expected rollout of scheme seen as disenfranchising marginalised people https://t.co/irgxiY9HjJ
- Christian
Porter defamation action: ABC engages former solicitor general to lead
defence. Justin Gleeson QC was the solicitor general from 2012 to 2016
and served Labor and Liberal prime ministers #Australia https://t.co/cvdUfxqtLp
- Thirty-year sentence for man who raped and murdered international student inadequate, Melbourne court hears #Australia https://t.co/0vSiPCYwg0
- A&O predicts 40% of work will be done remotely | Law Gazette https://t.co/GTTJGXx7xx
- A majority of MSPs on the Alex Salmond committee have said Nicola Sturgeon misled the inquiry, sources have told the BBC. It is understood MSPs on the committee voted by five to four that Ms Sturgeon gave them an inaccurate account https://t.co/TvrvYc1gkV
- Drill rapper who tried to deflect blame on to his identical twin after a new father was stabbed to death has been convicted of murder. DNA matching the profile of 18-year-old Javell Hall was found on the sheath of a knife used to kill Asante Campbell https://t.co/F0oHJ528kU
- A US private investigator was paid by the Sun newspaper to obtain personal information about the Duchess of Sussex in the early days of her relationship with Prince Harry. He had unlawfully accessed detailed information https://t.co/zT96j1s9nx
- Manchester Arena Inquiry: Paramedic 'wrong not to send team to bomb scene' https://t.co/Q0bNMtJoj
- Plans to change how government decisions are challenged in the courts have been announced by the justice secretary https://t.co/sKj0LBwpNc
- Police bill clears first hurdle in parliament | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y3YhRVWjdS
- Circuit judge promises to write monthly to defendant in mental health crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/Br2ZsfsARX
- Firm pays £45k damages to rival over plagiarised claim letters | Law Gazette https://t.co/4QTVnnUi6A
- Evha Jannath: The former operator of a theme park has been fined £1m after a girl died on a ride, but the penalty will never be paid as it is in administration https://t.co/v9WQ9bUcRz
- Online court may need only one procedure rule, says Briggs | Law Gazette https://t.co/CTJN747mEy
- Sexual assault: 'One in 40' young women experience it each year https://t.co/0fvc86BDrA
- Digital ID standard is a welcome step for conveyancers | Law Gazette https://t.co/0h9zaW9aqD
- The government is to cut grants aimed at encouraging people to buy electric vehicles in a move that has been criticised by the motor industry. The Department for Transport will reduce the grant from £3,000 to £2,500 and restrict it to cars under £35,000 https://t.co/5ubf4yuUyU
- Kobe Bryant widow sues LA police over 'graphic images' of helicopter crash #US https://t.co/Guywi4LLz
- Lord chief nudges lawyers back to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/0V2ir4dow4
- High Court “considered referring Duncan Lewis to SRA” - Legal Futures https://t.co/iz2KZehOyv
- Lessons learned from a year of virtual hearings in adjudication and arbitration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K64Vd35M5T
- Lawyers work alongside recruiters in platform for consultants - Legal Futures https://t.co/Gwn7RqNP4Q
- Talking about race – how to overcome the fear factor - Legal Futures https://t.co/XESY1wAKYT
- Firm settles with two rivals and barrister over plagarised letter of claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/MQC93sjW7w
- England: Thieves to be fitted with GPS tags to reduce reoffending - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dulk1Meg4C
- Quarter of pupil barristers experiencing financial hardship - Legal Futures https://t.co/ktLTTF1GJJ
- #Australians have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual consent https://t.co/PzhpnwOytD
- BT has said it will "build like fury" to roll out full-fibre internet connections after new rules announced by the UK's telecoms regulator. Ofcom has decided not to impose price caps on full-fibre connections provided by the firm's Openreach subsidiary https://t.co/nXaqj8y6U
- From Turkey to Libya: The EU Migration Partnership from Bad to Worse | Mariagiulia Giuffré - https://t.co/oRZ90CLPGF
- An expected reduction in the UK's Covid vaccine supply in April is partly due to a delay in a delivery from India of five million Oxford-AstraZeneca doses https://t.co/d7tJir7azE
- Crime almost halves over decade - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QEQsBC5Cv3
- Alison Pryde joins Anderson Strathern as tax director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E6EL2JKQSX
- Sheriff solemn cases up to 82 per cent of pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WGxzZh1oMz
- Policing bill is a grave threat to our right to protest https://t.co/orTX5qgu6u Mar 18, 2021
- Covid-19 jabs for staff 'should be our call' say 58% of UK managers https://t.co/n9XXUwnixX
- ECJ orders France to ban glue-trap hunting of songbirds outright https://t.co/N2JuHrjtiF
- Facebook's long-awaited content 'supreme court' has arrived. It's a clever sham https://t.co/qHZaVu4IQP
- Proposals to reduce the dominance of the "Big Four" accountancy firms and scrap the industry regulator have been unveiled by the government https://t.co/7s6WJpXgk1
- UK university students accuse Covid patrol police of harassment - NUS and rights groups report allegations of heavy-handed enforcement of lockdown rules https://t.co/ZqcyyaKENL
- In a sea of fawningly reverential Churchill biographies, hardly any books seriously examine his documented racism https://t.co/okuB0tRH7m
