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9th March - Law News

Edition 3360: 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: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released from house arrest in Iran after completing a five year sentence on spying charges, raising hopes that she may be a step closer to returning to the UK. However Mrs Ratcliffe, who has British-Iranian dual nationality, has been told she will have to go to court in a week’s time to face more charges, according to her lawyer. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said she should be released “permanently” so that she can be re-united with her family in the UK.


Focus of the Day Article: The homicide toll among women over 60 in Britain is horrifying. Many cases are dismissed as accidents and not investigated. For our End Femicide campaign, we ask why society fails these victims. Full story - Guardian Law
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #Irish judges back smaller personal injury awards to cut legal, insurance costs https://t.co/loJezDkzX
  • Abortion Is Now Legal in #Argentina, but Opponents Are Making It Hard to Get https://t.co/ZR6qFBU8Hg
  • Nearly 34,000 international students were affected unfairly when the Home Office revoked visas of students on the basis of “misleading and confused evidence”, a court has heard https://t.co/BGhDn5vopI 
  • Former British Airways Flight Attendant Faces Life Imprisonment Under #HongKong's Anti-Subversion Laws https://t.co/Rp9oN4ZOLb
  • Harvard professor sparks outrage with claims about #Japan's 'comfort women' - Academics reject J Mark Ramseyer’s claim women were not forced into sexual slavery during second world war https://t.co/7dVJsHVZI
  • Leaving UK now requires a North Korean-style ‘special validation to travel’ https://t.co/vHapEzerIp
  • Asylum seekers: Napier Barracks and Penally camp 'filthy and run-down' https://t.co/mCKamhpibp
  • Amy-Leanne Stringfellow: Ex-soldier killed by fiancĂ© who was on bail for assaulting her https://t.co/6zenIBxkTT
  • A Labour MP has resigned her shadow ministerial post citing an increase in her constituency work during lockdown. Emma Hardy said due to the coronavirus pandemic the number of people seeking her help had "risen dramatically" https://t.co/z4HN0TKNgB 
  • International Women’s Day: experts discuss Covid's impact on gender equality https://t.co/lm432LC0qp
  • Apple to pay more tax in UK following EU profit-shifting law repeal https://t.co/Wcik7k0SCc 
  • Drug reform paper hints at enlightened approach in Scotland’s future - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TMDIuyda5B
  • Home Office delays leave Sri Lankan man in immigration limbo: Lawyer for Ponnampalam Jothibala threatens to file for judicial review over handling of case https://t.co/RFpY2aK9IP
  • Sir Ming Campbell endorses reform of Lord Advocate’s role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7NiXIYKojQ
  • The Law Society welcomes SDLT holiday transition | NLJ https://t.co/DkzNK5ahyN
  • Six men who conspired to murder family lose appeal against conviction based on jury bias investigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NZicQb8aOI
  • Confirmed: No advertising campaign to tell public about whiplash reforms - Legal Futures https://t.co/7nLWxNT8Nx
  • Half of women in UK fear equality is going back to 1970s – survey https://t.co/ufW1YRAKp2 
  • National Security and Investment Bill 2020 updates published | NLJ https://t.co/VVogCSugnx 
  • High-profile City litigator struck off for misusing client money - Legal Futures https://t.co/TrYETai4fM
  • Swansea University 'catastrophic failure of governance' claim - Officers found "no evidence of criminal offending" and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) concluded it was "not in the public interest to proceed" https://t.co/YOyh726J7w
  • Are law firms being proactive enough when it comes to cyber security? | NLJ https://t.co/UaNm8s2PKF
  • Women lawyer support networks increasingly involving men - Legal Futures https://t.co/G2iBEuameJ
  • Fast-growing firm predicts employment law “explosion” - Legal Futures https://t.co/9jOFY77zV8 
  • Collegium recommends names of ten Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court for appointment as Permanent Judges | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/EPNpCoJ6mS 
  • International Women's Day - Time to demand more - Legal Futures https://t.co/IpZkZyI0Np
  • Dialectic of Transnationalism: Unauthorized Migration and Human Rights, 1993–2013 | Itamar Mann https://t.co/5amyoy8jga
  • ULaw appoints director of equality, diversity and inclusion - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FlOQddnMnN
  • #Switzerland has narrowly voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women https://t.co/zFhmw16BIl
  • [BREAKING] Delhi High Court directs surrender of 3499 undertrials on interim bails in terms of High Powered Committee criteria | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yCQkj0MEG
  • Cladding rules: New guidance to help flat owners stuck in 'limbo' https://t.co/rmWqzBBHkD
  • A&O launches in LA - Legal Cheek https://t.co/b1qO6bUILK
  • George Floyd death: How will jurors be selected in Derek Chauvin trial? #US https://t.co/pPvR0OfAOB
  • Impulsivity helps explain clients’ poor or irrational behaviour - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8LKrKYdaiS
  • Plastic surgeon Zooms in to virtual court during operation - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BSv3kZgu20 
  • Does Chapter 7 Wipe Out All Debt? | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/8XWxafWWcN
  • Student anger as BPP shuts Holborn campus for 'essential maintenance' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pXjL3l19Rj 
  • Madras High Court to discontinue physical hearings from March 8 after surge in COVID-19 cases | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uhPRjN8ssB
  • Face masks safe to use during intense exercise, research suggests https://t.co/7njbMEMura
  • Magic circle trainee’s mentoring programme secures first law school sign-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6h0wiemxnq 
  • #Myanmar police occupy hospitals in Yangon ahead of national strike https://t.co/aBrIWPKalu 
  • Low Pay Commission to review minimum wage exemption for domestic staff https://t.co/sSAGvxyGG3 
  • Breaking up with a bad boss - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/gxl5EkKfq1
  • Patna Lawyer Kshatrashal Raj Enjoys Lunch on Zoom Session forgetting to turn off the camera, and #India Solicitor-General Asks to 'Send Some' to Him Patna Lawyer Enjoys Lunch on Zoom Session, Solicitor-General Asks to 'Send Some' to Him https://t.co/hfln8kbQZc
  • Attorney General makes history as first cabinet minister to take maternity leave - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z18VSvq9PB