Edition 3403: 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:
Since Christmas Eve in 1865, membership in the Ku Klux Klan ignited and multiplied three separate times, in each instance enacting brutal violence and terror -- but the Klan's power never held for long. Though only 2 dozen Klan groups exist today, its continued importance lies in a far more elusive and sinister legacy.
Since Christmas Eve in 1865, membership in the Ku Klux Klan ignited and multiplied three separate times, in each instance enacting brutal violence and terror -- but the Klan's power never held for long. Though only 2 dozen Klan groups exist today, its continued importance lies in a far more elusive and sinister legacy.
Focus of the Day Article:
The Legal Services Act 2007 has only delivered “a few of the benefits typically associated with deregulation”, a report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has concluded. The global management consultancy said the most common arguments in favour, such as lower prices and better quality of legal services, “cannot be proven to have materialised”. Full story
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- MI5 warns of spies using LinkedIn to trick staff into spilling secrets https://t.co/zvCfu8am2Q
- Former courthouses to be transformed with public funding - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QdiaeLS86N
- New recruits for Esson & Aberdein: paralegal Shari O’Hare and Lynn Nesbitt, a qualified surveyor and estate agency specialist, have joined the firm - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gAGhwPYE8G
- Mr Justice Liam McKechnie has retired from the Supreme Court bench after reaching 70 years of age - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7MWXyNm95H
- No FAI into 2017 Cameron House Hotel deaths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LuNLb7YWbg
- Derek Chauvin guilty in death of George Floyd: Live updates https://t.co/2sNTP9gjoD
- Retired solicitors fear ruin when insurance safety net closes | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ak0XPMGPh
- Man admonished for assaulting ex-wife given harsher sentence by Sheriff Appeal Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2rrdCxNlwW
- Anti-corruption agencies to gain surveillance powers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kJ3qmT35YJ
- Johnny
Mercer, Tory MP resigns as defence minister - Mr Mercer said he had
been "forced" to offer to resign over the scope of a government law
designed to protect veterans from unfounded prosecutions https://t.co/oJBnQGwLET
- LSB: Regulators must play role in unleashing potential of lawtech - Legal Futures https://t.co/Zb1uNws6c9
- Best of the blogs - 17 April 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/fYr1ElWkZJ
- Citizens Advice reveals huge demand for help during pandemic - Legal Futures https://t.co/7jeDpqIfi1
- Court of Appeal: €80,000 award for psychiatric damage overturned for ESB worker who avoided electrocution - Irish Legal News https://t.co/te3VUeUd87
- Listed business make major move with £30m law firm acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/tD5Vv14JrO
- Legal Services Act has delivered "limited benefits to competition" - Legal Futures https://t.co/haFtmkQeZl
- Profits treble at locked-down BPP | Law Gazette https://t.co/TkjRp6Jcut
- A bomb left near a police officer's car outside her home in County Londonderry was an attempt to kill her and her young daughter, police have said https://t.co/qNtaIWGKmG
- A woman was raped by a group of men in a park in what police described as a "random and sickening attack". The victim, aged in her 20s, was attacked at about 00:30 BST at Kirkup Gardens in Wythenshawe, Manchester https://t.co/5g9EfSP4xU
- The UN has called for the United Arab Emirates to provide "concrete" proof that Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, the daughter of #Dubai's ruler reportedly being held in detention, is alive https://t.co/KmywNhOkU
- No more smart motorways without hard shoulders will be able to open without additional safety measures in place, the government has said https://t.co/OiuzzigEkz
- Motor insurance in a post-Brexit Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PltSh66rWZ
- My legal life: Jeremy Brooke, SSB Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/kuSxVKEjUB
- Litigation battle looms over European Super League plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/vIZIc62t4v
- This land is certainly not your land, says US copyright law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xpdEbB7sob
- It’s time to normalise mental health treatment | Law Gazette https://t.co/JJfowQxswf
- Listed legal firms bounce back after pandemic pressure | Law Gazette https://t.co/xixYTmQfhP
- Bar bodies condemn Hong Kong convictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/BIofVUnV8B
- SNP promises to create judicial register of interests - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SW6XJDbfMu
- Eviscerating JR and ‘naked self-interest’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/sUSH5PICix
- Home Covid tests available at courts from May | Law Gazette https://t.co/TsTiAL4w2n
- NUI Galway announces triple academic promotion - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IHYeEhK1a4
- Lawyer in the news: Oliver Wright, JMW Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/WmAFFqAzLU
- ICO issued fines of £42m last year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dLilybDf5C
- Only 10% of #Russian spy operations in Europe uncovered, says former MI6 chief https://t.co/w9G2sYf88Q
- Matheson shares 'diversity journey' with business leaders - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4xyfh57KeE
- Former High Court president says personal injury guidelines may not lead to cheaper insurance - Irish Legal News https://t.co/duk9NmYwMu
- Campaigners call for global response to ‘unprecedented’ oppression in Xinjiang. #China https://t.co/RUzBMhUYhZ
- Challenge to loan charge legislation rejected - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZWM06dTUkl
- Nine and looking after the family: the children working to survive in #Malawi https://t.co/QiCzHquZs3
- NI: Cinema chain settles disability discrimination claim with wheelchair user - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Fy38mNngZ9
- Hatstone expands into Dublin through combination with Tully Rinckey - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ngGlmn1DjE
- UK supreme court gets second female judge as Lady Justice Rose joins - Appointment fails to quell concerns about all-white court’s lack of diversity https://t.co/fHXOxnGeyp
- New law firm MCM launches in Glasgow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5vMMiiwCvv
- Six people from six households will be able to meet outdoors in Wales from Saturday, and in pub beer gardens once they reopen next week https://t.co/l5NRPYv28B
- Covid in Scotland: FM expected to confirm further lockdown easing https://t.co/XlJK2FNneO
- Apple is to allow the controversial social media app Parler, a popular platform with far-right supporters, back onto its App Store https://t.co/rj9383SSjA
- Under-30s less compliant with Covid rules, UK data shows https://t.co/7n21YdEHqc
- Thousands could fly to England from India before it joins Covid travel ‘red list’ https://t.co/ySxaqTzhMD
- George Floyd death: Three Americans assess Derek Chauvin trial #US https://t.co/OteIoKZ5J1
- Government to speed up UK climate change target https://t.co/fdHjnl8HBE
- Tesco fined £7.56m for selling out-of-date food in Birmingham https://t.co/AuUJ2sCcDL
- Brian
Sicknick, the deceased #US Capitol riot policeman 'died of natural
causes', the chief medical examiner for Washington DC has ruled https://t.co/C68MYDWDdd
- A review of policing says officers sometimes struggled to enforce coronavirus restrictions because of a lack of clarity from ministers https://t.co/IpfqZqurAM
- The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer accused of killing George Floyd last year, has retired to weigh up its verdict #US https://t.co/S6ILMTANKt
