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26th April - Law News

Edition 3408: 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:
Feeling an urge to subscribe to more Instagram accounts? Well, look no further: Britain's Secret Service, MI5, is joining Instagram in a bid to rid itself of 'martini-drinking stereotypes.'

  Focus of the Day Article:
The Business and Property Courts in Liverpool are preparing for an increased caseload in the months to come, with their first full-time judge marking six months in the role. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ministers don't understand why they can't just break the law, civil servants claim - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UPE6jrqHfL
  • Creating the right energy in a litigation team - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EACcgsPdRn
  • Irwin Mitchell dishes out appreciation bonuses and repays furlough cash - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jlh3lz1jc7 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Taking work away from bigger firms - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/IaGg5fqbbH 
  • Judge rejects attempt to rescue trainee's claim form error in £700k case - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nbM5iSWSy
  • Ashurst names new co-managing partners in London leadership change - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/c1NWlxxOF3
  • Hogan Lovells reveals fresh leadership changes to board and management - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bqtv2NviIT
  • Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins-backed Reynen Court revamps legaltech platform - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aJIsyce49M
  • MPs are challenging the government to live up to a promise to help homeowners trapped paying high interest rates because the Treasury sold their mortgages to unregulated firms https://t.co/LwZsI12PP
  • "Serious menace to the society:" Mumbai Court denies bail to 20-year-old for allegedly playing cricket without wearing mask | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fJvN0fPJED
  • Brisbane firm accused of being ‘unlawful’ dodges appeal - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/pujnm3iniI
  • Listed trailblazer snaps up London firm in £30m deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z5cLA5GP0X 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: are immigrants and asylum seekers getting their day in court? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2OLHYpJpYH
  • A former airline CEO who refused to allow female staff to take menstrual leave protected by employment law has been fined almost $1,800 (£1,300; 2m won) by a court in #SouthKorea https://t.co/dVKsPCgy4v 
  • Shearman ups NQ lawyer pay to £135,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hTvTb7Oi9I
  • Is Justice NV Ramana the first Chief Justice of India from Andhra Pradesh High Court? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Pnjdx90UQm 
  • Latest Law Pod UK episode: 100 days since UK's withdrawal from the EU - a review - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GAtoy7sVwD
  • Linklaters bumps NQ solicitor salaries after Covid cuts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MAob8F7m7E Junior lawyer awarded $157k in backpay from small firm - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/qqobnOLUEj 
  • #India Covid: Patients dying without oxygen amid Delhi surge https://t.co/5dCGQUHmKW
  • Will lawyers flock to NewLaw in search of greater flexibility? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rOZM5qgCNX 
  • Prosecuting individual police officers won’t deliver racial justice https://t.co/ndwHQePceE
  • Tale of an extra "a": Delhi High Court comes to the aid of MBA aspirant who mailed admission documents to incorrect email id | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eg7SR6edXi
  • Testing the boundaries of causation in mesothelioma deaths - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bnSOX0mfCy
  • Genocide and torture to be cut from controversial new bill aimed at limiting prosecution of overseas soldiers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ySy0HVz13
  • Britain is in trouble when even China can rightly sneer at our hypocrisy https://t.co/zjTOsz1jab 
  • A new world for criminal lawyers? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DiWaAYGvBE 
  • Could junior lawyers be the next digital nomads? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SR3oAwbRxq 
  • Law firm takes up case of nurse fined £10,000 for 1% pay protest - Karen Reissmann, a frontline worker throughout the pandemic, was given the fixed penalty by Greater Manchester police https://t.co/7HUim2vdf
  • National firm cements blockchain-based legal agreement in AusLaw first - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HwVECZ0zeo