Edition 3410: 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:
Kidnap for ransom is on the rise in Nigeria with mass kidnappings from schools increasingly seen as lucrative endeavors by criminal gangs. CNN's Stephanie Busari meets one teenage girl who was snatched from her school dorm and CNN's Zain Asher speaks to Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa Editor at The Economist about how to address the mass abductions.
Kidnap for ransom is on the rise in Nigeria with mass kidnappings from schools increasingly seen as lucrative endeavors by criminal gangs. CNN's Stephanie Busari meets one teenage girl who was snatched from her school dorm and CNN's Zain Asher speaks to Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa Editor at The Economist about how to address the mass abductions.
Focus of the Day Article:
New ‘briefing principles’ will ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) delivers equality of opportunity among the advocates it instructs, the Director of Public Prosecutors has pledged. Max Hill QC said chambers would also have to meet diversity and equality standards expectations if they wanted to receive prosecution work. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Faculty condemns Chinese sanctions against barristers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0gAN7sUh2W
- UK and Ireland Bar groups unite to condemn China sanctions on chambers - Legal Futures https://t.co/XgBib4rkUs
- The Overseas Operations Bill returns to the Lords this week after MPs rejected a number of amendments voted for by peers in a row that led to the departure of a defence minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/qBQU7fTUf
- The Election Tribunal of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) set aside the election of the District Bar Association (DBA), Faridabad, held on November 10, 2020, and ordered to hold fresh election #India https://t.co/AeetI7ekh7
- When
conservation and agriculture clash: an unusual environmental case that
will be heard in the Court of Session next month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N9BmlbISaR
- Pandemic led to 2,000 'lost' WRC adjudication hearings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tqTw8KRcEO
- The Domestic Abuse Bill will become law after peers withdrew demands for stalkers to be put on a register of sexual and violent offenders https://t.co/mptysI9zXq
- Sub-postmasters' solicitor calls on SRA to investigate Post Office lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/0PgxpDTcKx
- Lawyer in the news: Richard Cramer, Front Row Legal - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/7NE2ufDFy3
- Not proven: Lord Uist calls three verdict system ‘palpable nonsense’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7yxKM77ssK
- Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten threatens legal action over TV series about band made without him https://t.co/arjt5zmGHe
- Man whose late brother left estate to carer fails to have will reduced by Sheriff Appeal Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3i0vB3jgEu
- Ex-soldier charged with attempted murder seeks to fast-track case to European Court of Human Rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/40nJYdveJn
- Government reduces increase in small claims limit for non-RTA cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/JFGSFymseG
- Workers could undergo re-vetting every three years under strengthened system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6YWvD6wrBm
- DPP: CPS 'briefing principles' to aid under-represented advocates - Legal Futures https://t.co/CjgjESWef
- The teenager who threw a boy from the 10th floor of London's Tate Modern causing life-changing injuries had a history of violent behaviour. A serious case review found that Jonty Bravery, who is autistic, had expressed a desire to hurt people https://t.co/GEoQENkvjZ
- The High Court has decided to look into Boris Johnson's decision that Home Secretary Priti Patel did not break Whitehall rules over bullying. The PM ignored findings last year and kept Ms Patel in post https://t.co/3AtnO4lHNe
- Police spy issued ‘nasty’ threat to woman’s family, inquiry told - David Robertson accused of ‘sinister’ statement after appearing to be unmasked as undercover officer https://t.co/QYRuzUMu6P
- The European Union Migrants: An Analysis | Biodun Iginla https://t.co/9krRd1DzGI
- SNP plan to incorporate four more UN treaties into law despite ongoing Westminster legal challenge https://t.co/D6rlpiDmfN
- Controversial copyright rules will help close 'value gap' between content creators and service providers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JXiQ3l18Vf
- NI: Mother and baby homes redress scheme 'should run in parallel' with inquiry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lsw6qwo812
- NI: Ex-soldier charged with attempted murder seeks to fast-track case to European Court of Human Rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vGd79xwi
- Hundreds of convictions for selling sex to be expunged - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qlPU6UQUGF
- SFO under fire as tagging prosecution thrown out | Law Gazette https://t.co/n6cmFCWPcz
- Irish barrister helps to secure justice for wrongfully convicted subpostmasters - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7HCUiG5Cl3
- Lex
Greensill had no contract for No 10 job, MPs are told - Officials
‘surprised and puzzled’ by lack of paperwork for failed banker at centre
of lobbying scandal https://t.co/RfyxheXwLq
- High Court: Dispute over Cabinet confidentiality of emissions discussions referred to CJEU - Irish Legal News https://t.co/L3VP73xrZt
- My legal life: Anu Kaura, Malhotra Group - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/H7fRVTQ2sc
- Calls grow for SRA and police to investigate Post Office lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/bUsiFZmmrm
- CMS becomes Lawscot Foundation Gold sponsor for 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qx1qyHu3r4
- Law firms sight ‘green shoots’ of opportunity | Law Gazette https://t.co/8L6Ft7V2R
- The cost of air pollution is captured in a child’s smile: it’s time for ‘Ella’s law’ https://t.co/5DNw0m69yU
- Human Rights lawyer Richard Spooroffers to represent Zuma for free #SouthAfrica https://t.co/4DmNs0NPLA
- National firm tells 3,000 staff: You choose how and when to work | Law Gazette https://t.co/0BfSgYTPOY
- Asylum seekers removed from UK without proper legal representation https://t.co/wd8P7Z3bCq
- Law firms too ‘risk averse’ to float | Law Gazette https://t.co/t0ZkChAv93
- Overdue VHS Tape From 1999 Leads to Warrant for Embezzlement #US https://t.co/2tFgc9O73F
- #Canada: Ancestral hunting rights of the Sinixt nation recognised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TOysGKgzbh
- New personal injury guidelines now in effect on Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EfO3lHQBzy
- Syrian teenager suing Tommy Robinson for libel seeks up to £190,000 damages - Jamal Hijazi was attacked in a Huddersfield playground and had to flee town after ‘anti-Muslim’ claims about him by far-right activist https://t.co/ZAWVPoJyW0
- Plans for new courts complex run into trouble | Law Gazette https://t.co/0g5inFoN1d
- 4 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into ICE’s Mishandling of Covid-19 #US https://t.co/YuK0r5hQcz
- JR reform backlash intensifies | Law Gazette https://t.co/Izzm0V2NwL
- Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok https://t.co/kmEmsmQEdT
- Ximena Vengoechea delivers TEDx talk on human rights and the pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OuNhFA3jBl
- Trial
of former Serco executives collapses as SFO fails to disclose evidence-
Two ex-directors of firm’s subsidiary cleared of fraud and false
accounting after error by UK watchdog https://t.co/xSYQWuGcy3
- Call for criminal focus to ‘finally and fiercely’ switch to Post Office officials in wake of wrongful convictions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4dfAZG86Um
- #Greece accused of ‘shocking’ illegal pushback against refugees at sea - Lawsuit filed at European court of human rights says group were abandoned in life rafts after some were beaten https://t.co/IqukRyi0Z
- The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s donors: what is the quid pro quo? https://t.co/5Q9egQvmL5
- Squire Patton Boggs announces first gender goals | Law Gazette https://t.co/0QretD8ZrR
- Labour launches legal bid for Electoral Commission investigation into Boris Johnson flat refurb https://t.co/JTOKCpE5DD
- 74% of legal professionals struggle to complete essential legal learning https://t.co/SqA27VuyPQ
- The Madras High Court forms panel to provide insurance cover to 65,000 lawyers #India https://t.co/KaEUJg8ol0
- Scots lawyers want new approach for offenders whose crimes are linked to childhood trauma https://t.co/Vt8UvLiJiw
- More desperate #SouthAfricans are ‘tweaking the truth’ on loan applications https://t.co/RfY1kkDLzn
- Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Imposition Of Royalty Taxation On Google India; Asks ITAT To Consider Again #India https://t.co/qTi5T7EtEm
- Unprecedented trend of deaths in the Papua New Guinea Judiciary a worry #PNG https://t.co/BW3EeKBCHd
- Terrorist Group Steps Into #Venezuela as Lawlessness Grows https://t.co/LgyJ41iC0L
- Split-Second Decisions: How the #US Supreme Court Case Shaped Modern Policing https://t.co/Gs8lTxnvEj
