Edition 3423: 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: Israeli government's planned forced evictions of Palestinians in annexed East Jerusalem - there have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march.
More than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response.
It comes amid soaring tensions in the city, which has seen weeks of unrest.
Focus of the Day Article:
Landmark legislation to regulate social media companies and search engines will be announced in the Queen’s Speech this week, according to reports. The UK government will bring forward an Online Safety Bill placing a duty of care on major online services and bringing them under the oversight of Ofcom, The Times reports. Full story - Scottish Legal News
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- Actress Gemma Chan has given her backing to a campaign raising money for the East and South East Asian (ESEA) community amid an increase in anti-Asian hate crime https://t.co/DC9SIwilt7
- An actor is suing TikTok for using her voice in its text-to-speech function. Bev Standing recorded about 10,000 sentences of audio for the state-backed Chinese Institute of Acoustics research body to use in translations, in 2018 https://t.co/4bBePVc4we
- #Israeli police storm al-Aqsa mosque ahead of Jerusalem Day march - More than 300 people reported injured as hardline Israelis prepare for parade through Old City https://t.co/ufnHW0Kozl
- Dean of Law Faculty at Aligarh Muslim University, #India, Prof Shakeel Samdani succumbs to Covid-19 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/9KqeweI3KJ
- Call for greater use of video-link technology for virtual court appearances from prison - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XvuHWuh7pm
- Morton Fraser names Jenny Dickson as chairman - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g1ReEf7JpX
- Mandy Bujold, the boxing mother in a legal fight to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics #Canada https://t.co/2NFUEfwAEo
- Telecoms
operators successfully challenge Lands Tribunal decision not to permit
termination of lease based on old statutory code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nkXBLf9ytt
- £26m fund to support take-up of local land charges register - Legal Futures https://t.co/oBxeog8jrz
- Regina Road, Croydon residents look at legal action for compensation https://t.co/cu1zyJzeC2
- UK-India Extraditions: Ripe for reform? https://t.co/rUBljP2q4q
- Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS as part of a pioneering scheme in Liverpool. Those involved explain why the pandemic means it's vital the UK uses their medical experience https://t.co/mqjjw0zUYV
- People
in Scotland will be able to travel to some foreign destinations without
the need to quarantine on their return. It will be part of a traffic
lights system, similar to that in England, and will come into effect on
24 May https://t.co/aCKzQz8hXH
- Covid denying Kumbh Mela pilgrims in #India turn into super-spreaders - no intervention from PM Modi's government to impose social distancing https://t.co/ToU9LR2zD5
- Banking giant HSBC plans Zoom-free Friday afternoons for some UK staff in an effort to tackle stress caused by working from home during the pandemic https://t.co/7c40h2jE2u
- For a year, Panorama followed Kent Police as it tried to disrupt networks of dealers, known as "county lines", that transport drugs worth millions of pounds from London to towns across their county https://t.co/O5ADUfYZBx
- Can
different departments in a University be treated as one unit for
Reservations? Kerala High Court says no | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XNkiCDK0dg
- The family of Philippa Day, who took a fatal overdose after her benefit payments were cut, start a legal claim against the government. She was found collapsed at her Nottingham home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment https://t.co/ZsI74h8Gbt
- Boris Johnson is being investigated by the MPs' standards watchdog over the funding of a Caribbean holiday in 2019 https://t.co/1SxxEbgt7o
- Queen’s speech: voters will need photo ID for general elections, however, Government’s legislative agenda is unlikely to include long-awaited reforms to adult social care https://t.co/GLtI4z485B
- The UK's coronavirus alert level is being lowered from four to three on the advice of experts. Alert level three means that although the virus is still in general circulation, transmission is no longer high or rising exponentially https://t.co/1p4H6J3fg7
- Martin Lewis and Sir Richard Branson's names most used by scammers https://t.co/PMYPnpOVks
- The wearing of face masks in secondary school classrooms in England will not be required after 17 May, the government is expected to confirm https://t.co/JC9OQKHQ8p
- The Weekly Round-Up: #KillTheBill, FPN reviews, and rights under threat in India - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/X1wIJ5XPuy
- Muslim Minorities and the Refugee Crisis in Europe | Marta Pachocka and Jan Misiuna https://t.co/0Lp885y6dH
- Olympian-turned-lawyer on competitiveness and role models - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/zduiN3ENnX
- ‘Fire
and rehire’ should be banned, say three-quarters of UK public - Survey
for GMB union finds overwhelming support for legal protection from
common employers’ tactic https://t.co/cQx1gCVBqs
- Notorious RBG's law school textbook set to fetch over £7k at auction - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NTvTkKEipy
- I Wasn't Wearing a Helmet. Can I Still Recover Damages? | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/L2TzLYAbju
- The Boutique Lawyer Show: The future of creating briefs - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YjIUOeoLd8
- #Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review https://t.co/PBHBN60GCf
- Madras High Court grants relief to man who failed to get Passport on account of FIR for not wearing face-mask | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eYn56fKK6w
- Solicitor sells HR software company to PE-backed healthcare business - Legal Futures https://t.co/1HtdXUpWhP
- Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I accept an offer to study at an Ivy League law school?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vm3kwKiw5f
- Tribunal throws out employment lawyer’s disability discrimination claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/kWRz9ZsReY
- A 10-Step Guide to Market your Law Firm | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/bNFevM5nLW
- Law Pod UK new episode: Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/aOyEm1towF
- Legal aid solicitor Simon Foster has been elected the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) https://t.co/xIT36DU7UE
- City firms cut secretary support as lawyers prepare to return to the office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9PeeycYcEj
- Welsh Women's Aid on UK Domestic Abuse Act https://t.co/YBXQf2y0vW
- The
#US government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after the
largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack.
The Colonial Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels a day - 45% of the
East Coast's supply https://t.co/UcuAhJKPmd
- Supreme Court orders States to release all prisoners who were released last year to prevent COVID-19 spread | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nPWWwZ23yK
- Irish woman accused of supporting ISIS wins appeal against ban from UK https://t.co/odIlpvvx5W
- Woman with Down syndrome goes to court over UK abortion law https://t.co/8ZdBEFkRcl
- Court of Appeal to assess Bournemouth sex assault jail sentence https://t.co/Cr8qWZ72Tn
- Woman ‘sexually harassed’ by ex-Hartlepool MP says Labour failed to support her https://t.co/8poaouB14h
- Clifford Chance and Bakers rally to support India Covid appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kV1RdP3WAu
