Edition 3424: 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 police have clashed with Palestinians in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, as well as other locations, for several weeks. One of the main sources of unrest has been the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from their homes in this neighborhood.
Focus of the Day Article:
A project encouraging barristers to be ‘active bystanders’ – speaking out and standing against abusive, bullying and belittling behaviour – has been launched under the name ‘All Rise’. The four barristers behind it have designed and produced a pin badge that barristers can wear as a symbol of allyship and a sign to others that the wearer will use whatever power they have in a given situation to stand against unacceptable behaviour and act in support of those in need. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- ByrneWallace to sponsor Dublin Climate Dialogues - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YwixyzMDxo
- Man banned from driving after falling asleep at the wheel loses appeal by stated case against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tcX9Z7Lh1T
- No, lawyers are not like hitmen | Law Gazette https://t.co/hH409tctuy
- The Tenant Farming Commissioner has issued a new guide covering general statutory compliance on agricultural holdings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QWLhkmmley
- Police are searching for a body at a cafe in Gloucester linked to a girl feared to have been murdered by serial killer Fred West. Mary Bastholm, 15, went missing on 6 January 1968 and has not been found https://t.co/GOwOLJJOpX
- A former English National Ballet principal dancer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his students. Yat-Sen Chang attacked girls and women at the English National Ballet and Young Dancers Academy in London between December 2009 and March 2016 https://t.co/DktbstlBhr
- Michael Walker will be the next chief executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gr4ctZjA9E
- Staff at Balfour and Manson took on a range of challenges focused on the number 100 to kick off their fundraising push for their new 2021-2022 charity partners Heath In Mind and AberNecessities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FeZGtUOJBS
- Paralegal was unfairly dismissed over unpaid wages complaint - Legal Futures https://t.co/hrOGekUj9e
- Personal injury reform – a pain in the neck? | Law Gazette https://t.co/4L0zxt6rLc
- A recent Scottish court decision underlines the high bar applicants will have to clear before they can ask a court to re-open the decision of an arbitrator https://t.co/qja3keg23o
- Solicitors' community interest company to donate all profits to charity - Legal Futures https://t.co/tjV0QL54jy
- Dublin-based Hayes Solicitors LLP has announced the promotion of four new partners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Q63pjzsgKy
- UK immigration plans risk breaching international duties, UN body warns https://t.co/HhQ6aQh5jK
- Texts published by the Treasury Committee reveal the extent of David Cameron's lobbying for the now-collapsed firm Greensill Capital https://t.co/fPwfwFf0Ph
- Government considers plans to create national hub for court judgments | Law Gazette https://t.co/ka7LS4y8Xz
- Daniel Winfree selected to be first Alaska-born chief justice of state Supreme Court #US https://t.co/6r6rOFj7yd
- Firm merges clinical negligence team with barrister-led ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/4N26pUDnDd
- Barristers urged to be "active bystanders" in fight against harassment - Legal Futures https://t.co/ND8ehn6Fed
- 'Nation of animal lovers': lord chancellor takes on pet thieves | Law Gazette https://t.co/yFl4rSZzHi
- 10
killed in west Belfast almost 50 years ago in the wake of an Army
operation were "entirely innocent", an inquest has found. The inquest,
which began in November 2018, examined the deaths in and around the
Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in August 1971 https://t.co/cdAguWU6ed
- #SouthSudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law https://t.co/ivuW9m7m7C
- Queen's Speech: Government unveils post-Covid recovery plan https://t.co/7hpD39uW4W
- Sean Orman has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of Bradley Welsh and attempted murder of David McMillan at the High Court in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gVbAXxhqsh
- Miscarriages of justice are the potent tip of Post Office scandal https://t.co/0TxYTV5HnU
- Mental Health Act reform: what must be done | Law Gazette https://t.co/GwV9iRoifv
- A prisoner was left without clean underwear for 11 weeks – according to his lawyer, who took to social media to highlight the concern. The man was said to have been taken to HMP Wandsworth last October in the clothes he was arrested in https://t.co/tqsPJrxRPP
- IP firm Secerna LLP hires Dermot Roche to lead new Dublin office - Irish Legal News https://t.co/L5iNXy9sFh
- Irish solicitor facing prison for €120k welfare fraud says he fears gangland criminals will kill him in jail https://t.co/Ew2JnUzI3o
- Mafia victim becomes first judge beatified in history of Catholic Church - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nZgEmW86aY
- #Israeli Court Delays Expulsion of Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem - The threat to evict six families from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah had become a rallying cry for Palestinians https://t.co/ZXgCwdmKQn
- London violence: Hundreds arrested during weapons crackdown
https://t.co/p8ZgOWGJO0
- Car insurance: 170,000 claims linked to 'crash for cash' gangs https://t.co/bUwYToofTe
- NHS app ready to become vaccine passport next week https://t.co/EVnrfPHBJv
- Heathrow contempt barrister: leak was 'reasonable and proportionate' | Law Gazette https://t.co/nnASl3z4hT
- Companies
behind digital currencies are rushing to hire well-connected lobbyists,
lawyers and consultants as the battle over how to regulate them
intensifies #US https://t.co/PzVpdjaRc5
- My legal life: Zillur Rahman, Rahman Lowe Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsHjScC84s
- ‘We thank your government for our full pockets’ – Calais smugglers speak: As the UK pours millions into security measures, migrants say the gangs who control the Channel just get more powerful https://t.co/ciQqWWJcmH
- Lawyer in the news: Matthew Jury, McCue & Partners - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/VVqWlaV0wx
- The Post Office scandal – part 1 https://t.co/MehmcU6JH9
- ECtHR: Irregularities in appointment of Polish judges denied right to ‘tribunal established in law’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9gH5RSW6Wi
- Monzo bank to offer employees paid leave after pregnancy loss https://t.co/H92KhlLbTM
- Heathrow barrister fined £5,000 for Supreme Court contempt | Law Gazette https://t.co/dIMIaoyiJf
- Environment lawyer fined £5k for contempt in Heathrow case. Tim Crosland had claimed he had no choice but to protest against ‘deep immorality’ of backing third runway https://t.co/p83NamjNnn
- Call for papers for events on judicial training and judicial conduct - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XFtSIvfIPU
- Legal and medical experts appointed to national research ethics committees - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Aftugn9ZNl
- John Sturrock QC: Delivering a net zero carbon civil justice system, the civil justice system also has its part to play in tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qIFx2OwkjO
- Firms swept up as consolidators splash the cash | Law Gazette https://t.co/WT3t4JnzpO
- A fresh Police and Crime Commissioner election will be held after a disbarred candidate won. Conservative candidate Jonathon Seed gained 100,003 first and second preference votes in the Swindon and Wiltshire election https://t.co/vErcNZuygQ
- Julia James: Man charged with murder of PCSO https://t.co/xgcXg6nnOK
- Pfizer vaccine authorised by #US FDA for adolescents https://t.co/Iq7u4BpeDc
- High Court: Cork City Council 'exploited and endorsed' unlawful legal costs system in Circuit Court for years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0936TCEMTq
- ‘Slow to change’ lawyers must embrace online dispute revolution, says Vos | Law Gazette https://t.co/7eB9rhTVEf
