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21st March - Law News

Edition 3372: 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 US president has offered support to Asian-Americans and denounced a surge in hate crimes targeting their community. Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlanta, where eight people were killed in a mass shooting.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces new charity partnerships - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4sCM7xcyL
  • Many lawyers prefer remote hearings, and they shouldn’t be muted | Law Gazette https://t.co/aYevTEiSeo
  • Six lions have been found dead and dismembered after a suspected poisoning in one of #Uganda's most famous parks https://t.co/T3JeMP2mWY
  • The #Indian city of Mumbai is to roll out mandatory coronavirus tests in crowded places as the country grapples with a rise in infections https://t.co/Pq6Au3CoYV
  • Is Line of Duty’s DI Steve Arnott ‘skating on wafer-thin ice’? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WcouPuJH2k
  • Quarter of bar pupils report financial hardship | Law Gazette https://t.co/I6lLsW2CXh
  • Dr George Callaghan: A compelling case for compounding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zCqPPdXz4f
  • Junior lawyer suspended over email sent in ‘moment of blind panic’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/MqvywBwBBf
  • A teacher and ex-Royal Marine said his family is lucky to be alive after a suspected arson attack which destroyed their home in County Durham https://t.co/D8CKjhFBO
  • Civil business after Covid conference – 10 May 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uV3p3lQJRc
  • Donald Trump's main residence, Mar-a-Lago, has been partially closed after some staff members tested positive for Covid-19, #US media report https://t.co/IH7mJIr7ky
  • #Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, the country's health minister has said. The 68-year-old is "self-isolating at home", the minister, Faisal Sultan, tweeted https://t.co/OdX5yXBy
  • Bar predicts income boost from students - despite pupillage drought | Law Gazette https://t.co/HOBDPg2H8L 
  • Dundee University Covid outbreak linked to party https://t.co/BSaoq3qcDC
  • UK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exiles https://t.co/WoIieM8vvq 
  • When Caitlin McNamara launched a literary festival in Abu Dhabi, she found herself plunged into a busy, exciting world. Then, she alleges, she was raped by an #Emirati royal https://t.co/c07R1K2i4q
  • Thousands are attending anti-lockdown demonstrations in central London, as MPs urge the government to change the law to allow peaceful protest https://t.co/hM4YjZhvbT
  • #France and #Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid infections in recent weeks https://t.co/ElOCrmxTBm 
  • Non-binary barrister first to appear in chambers with ‘Mx’ title - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qk2DJPIY9L
  • Protest laws ‘a mess’, says joint committee | Law Gazette https://t.co/MOUZalYOPK
  • Annual report of Scottish tribunals published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7QTXPsC4Aj 
  • Supreme Court: Carers not entitled to minimum wage when asleep | Law Gazette https://t.co/vdxIwOZqB5
  • £18 million investment for drug services - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pxwAW3qhMS
  • Summer holidays overseas are "extremely unlikely" because of the risk of travellers bringing coronavirus variants back to the UK, a scientist on a government advisory body has said https://t.co/j6FCGSv2
  • A double murder investigation has been launched after three people died at two homes in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, on Friday https://t.co/JSF4d98Zl
  • The elections watchdog has contacted the Conservative party with questions over the funding of renovations to Boris Johnson's official flat https://t.co/lEHuY20fiZ
  • Linklaters offers redundancy to all London secretaries | Law Gazette https://t.co/nHtIXzhKs
  • Additional £10 million for modernising police fleet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Bf5TdynjI 
  • Cubism ex-boss banned after falsely invoicing clients to prop up firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/QO5u8oWAG
  • ECtHR: No violation of Article 6 in Gilligan v Ireland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m0YJFDnZy4
  • Summary of Whitehall submissions to public law review? No thanks | Law Gazette https://t.co/coCrFcId3e
  • SCTS says it has no plans for weekend courts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iJhsJuGnHS
  • Society raises concern over JR proposal on ouster clauses | Law Gazette https://t.co/ETTwczUoGp
  • High Court rules Crown entitled to libel English guilty plea in Scottish sexual assault trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zxLqht3rNW
  • This week police in Paris announced a "fruitful investigation" and a raid netting MDMA and ecstasy with a street value of over €1m ($1.2m; £860,000). #French drugs haul 'was strawberry Haribo' https://t.co/F9cKyLG7pC
  • Wealthy countries - including the UK - are blocking proposals to help developing nations increase their vaccine manufacturing capabilities https://t.co/fkoUhvhVyY 
  • The Guardian view on judicial review: it's politics that needs fixing, not the courts https://t.co/i0x3N54GDc 
  • Man jailed for £175,000 Riyad Mahrez bank card spending spree https://t.co/kkIgYj2Qni