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Mexico’s president has committed to working with the United States, to stem the flow of migrants. But it remains unclear whether Mexico can handle the volume of asylum seekers
Mexico’s president has committed to working with the United States, to stem the flow of migrants. But it remains unclear whether Mexico can handle the volume of asylum seekers
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Harper Macleod commended for supporting flexible working - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rsq9JqHsIN
- NI: Personal injury discount rate to be set to -1.75 per cent - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9Of9EHQemJ
- Lawtech pioneers to get regulation navigator | Law Gazette https://t.co/GxGEKdivmA
- 'Protest is a human right': one long week in Bristol, a city with a history of dissent https://t.co/94CF0ItIt9
- Brexit: UK cheese firm boss in despair over minister's export advice https://t.co/HteghkuR2g
- Police issued 32,000 fixed penalty notices in the first nine months of lockdown. Here’s a lawyer’s advice on what to do if you get one https://t.co/96BEJO6zc
- The
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill didn't come from nowhere. It
is the result of years of lobbying by the police, helped by an
authoritarian state, right-wing press and pliant opposition https://t.co/w9mkALGTqo
- Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of - Critics say the company has placed migrants in "inappropriate and inhumane" accommodation https://t.co/w4Qk1i1bIm
- A much-promoted grants programme to help UK householders insulate their homes is to be scrapped within days. The Green Homes Grant (GHG) reached just 10% of the 600,000 homes the chancellor promised would be improved https://t.co/yoLm1iFrWc
- Bill to extend paid parents' leave and benefit by three weeks clears Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/61sWrir98
- Gender pay progress stalls in the City | Law Gazette https://t.co/v8pmChdJi
- Spain's ECIJA absorbs consultancy Revamp Law to enhance legaltech offering - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jUze0B6ksf
- #US supermarket chain shutters stores after hazard pay rules - Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the US, lays off employees after local ordinance on hazard pay passed in Los Angeles https://t.co/Xf9YG2sHYN
- Trump and his allies push new Republican effort to restrict voting laws: Trump congratulated Georgia on its recent legislative move, which critics have slammed as a major blow to Black voters’ rights #US https://t.co/3Z5IS83x9
- Last chance to submit case notes to Hibernian Law Journal - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IZqVYu9kVq
- The Home Office has quietly relaunched a controversial programme that uses councils and homelessness charities to obtain personal data that could lead to the deportation of non-UK rough sleepers https://t.co/1LAinmHPvc
- £500 vouchers for families to resolve disputes away from court | Law Gazette https://t.co/qU6TBgbZ5
- Facebook
has frozen #Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's page after he claimed
without evidence that a herbal thyme based remedy without parsley and
sage, could cure Covid-19 https://t.co/FBZkkJomGP
- Allegations about sexual abuse in schools involve more than only private institutions in London, a senior Met Police officer has said https://t.co/eezhnBtX3
- Forcing pub-goers to provide a vaccine certificate in a bid to encourage younger people to take a jab could be "counterproductive", a behavioural scientist has warned https://t.co/YTtww5AP1G
- The MP Kenny MacAskill has announced he is quitting the SNP to stand for Alex Salmond's new party at the Holyrood election https://t.co/NZAGkMKyj
- Kill the Bill: Alleged violence at protest 'disgraceful', claims prime minister, but not admitting to the disgraceful nature of the Police and Crime Bill he has instigated https://t.co/bXuUo35XtE
- NI: Parental bereavement leave and pay legislation will not cover miscarriages - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TD6PvxXWq
- Proposed legislation to replace the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act requires refinement, a joint committee of MPs and Peers has concluded | NLJ https://t.co/y8F0EkZEuT
- Allen & Overy's ex-managing partner signs up to new law leader Factor - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hjaHhMu8mQ
- TV celebrity lawyer Judge Rob Rinder will host this year’s UK Probate Research Awards, celebrating achievements in forensic genealogy or ‘heir hunting’ among other topics | NLJ https://t.co/XJBgvV9DHf
- Court fees set to increase for the first time in five years | Law Gazette https://t.co/Aa3X79nDpb
- Fewer asylum seekers may qualify under the changes proposed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/PFFyOOaWy
- Content warning: lawyers shouldn't normalise traumatic material | Law Gazette https://t.co/LarjVXd1h
- I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang | Helena Kennedy https://t.co/QJO78Sf4D
- Former diplomat’s blog posts on Salmond case constitute contempt of court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2IewP8nYUL
- Irene Wainwright-Snatt obituary: In 1955, she began to read for the bar at Gray’s Inn, and qualified in 1960, needing a stable income, she worked as clerk to several of the London courts https://t.co/IUf8CKeO27
- Civil liberties group calls for coronavirus roadmap to restore rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/yC325PKTn
- Hirsi v Italy or the Strasbourg Court v Extraterritorial Migration Control? (HRLR 2012) | Violeta Moreno-Lax https://t.co/FltSy7PM6
- Could MPs finally be ready to support the case for assisted dying? https://t.co/whLQTUw9O0
- Wales has become the first UK nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. The "stay local" rule has been scrapped from Saturday in favour of unlimited travel within the country https://t.co/rwuHsFX67
- Police officers reporting hateful abuse while on duty are much more likely than members of the public to see their attackers charged with hate crime https://t.co/sYGOfETjm
- #Myanmar's security forces have cracked down on new protests as the leaders of its coup marked Armed Forces Day https://t.co/dZ8snnHlC
- Baroness Helena Kennedy QC sanctioned by China - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/orDqeobM3
- ‘Perverse’: Bar Council demands answers on sexual misconduct sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/zwPa5MSY4
- Outer House judge finds closure of Scottish churches disproportionate interference with human rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WoyHZb7tbP
- Time to get out of the People’s Republic of China | Law Gazette https://t.co/spSYqHXaNE Mar 27, 2021
- NI: New Lord Chief Justice to be appointed in September - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pJkukH3eDk
- China ban ‘comes as no surprise’ says Kennedy | Law Gazette https://t.co/xueuI6gTZ
- Court of Appeal: Appeal dismissed for man who challenged the valuation of drugs in his possession by gardaí - Irish Legal News https://t.co/A443u3I9IQ
- Market strategy: winning new clients in times of crisis - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SLXKwyI9I3
- Probate wait time stuck at seven weeks | Law Gazette https://t.co/XJjpqfPcvD
- Talawa theatre company: 'It's time to double down on Black Lives Matter pledges' https://t.co/0HGQHad2wH
- Strauss-Kahn accuser Tristane Banon helps shape new #French rape law https://t.co/1LHGFtPZtR
- Four killed in #Bangladesh during protests against India's hardline PM Modi's visit https://t.co/qlEhmRkYaA
- #France bears ‘overwhelming responsibilities’ over Rwanda genocide - Report concludes there was ‘failure’ on the part of France over the genocide that saw about 800,000 people slaughtered in 1994 https://t.co/AOYu21TY9d
