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22nd May - Law News

Edition 3434: 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: India's CBI has given a clean chit in a bribery case to former railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is out on bail since April after spending more than three years in jail, sources have said. The Economic Offence Branch of CBI, as per sources, in January, 2018, had started a preliminary probe against him and real estate developer DLF Group over alleged corruption. 

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Fines collection rates show rises - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nI23Wb4vTr 
  • Master of the Rolls’ intrepid wartime jaunt | Law Gazette https://t.co/vSXxeDFOwY 
  • Linklaters and former lawyer to face sexual harassment claims at tribunal next month https://t.co/cR7MXSkbql
  • Don’t close the SIF in this tough insurance market, SRA urged | Law Gazette https://t.co/atZQIAuGFa 
  • Solicitor Raymond Finnegan nominated for District Court bench - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YvKsQBYjf
  • 'Constitutional plumbing': Buckland defends Judicial Review Bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fi0I0A5Wp
  • Covid will boost our acquisitions, says listed firm Knights | Law Gazette https://t.co/LWKa0nvBWt
  • From #Colombia to US, Police Violence Pushes Protests Into Mass Movements https://t.co/BfMys5vsRe 
  • Tobacco firms in move to strike out Malawi exploitation case https://t.co/zLwtGMllzi
  • Contaminated blood inquiry: 'I want their voices to be heard' - Hancock https://t.co/hEJdsGtElJ 
  • Apple boss Tim Cook is taking the witness stand for the first time in his company's major legal battle with Epic Games over an alleged monopoly https://t.co/u9ykeG77Yt
  • Heathrow Airport will open a dedicated terminal for passengers arriving from countries with a high risk of Covid https://t.co/t2hB9XP5p2
  • SRA chair appointed for a further three-year term | Law Gazette https://t.co/dphrsEvgG1
  • ExPioneering legal services advice app shut down - Legal Futures https://t.co/rTOBypXchX
  • The E.U. Agrees to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors https://t.co/vbhFknPduv
  • Students who exploited a glitch in KFC’s mobile app to obtain thousands of euros worth of free meals have been jailed in China - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Eu9wIvGMQm
  • Three Nightingale courts to close next month | Law Gazette https://t.co/a8okFY4AOu
  • SRA backs down over cut to Compensation Fund payout limit - Legal Futures https://t.co/yegEzbjvSk
  • Northern Ireland High Court: Requirement to show medical ‘disorder’ for gender recognition certificate held incompatible with ECHR - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KpSjpyf4fM 
  • New report confirms alarm of Scottish solicitors over discharges to care homes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/keBf6vk9f6 
  • Religious leaders who challenged legitimacy of church closures in Scotland entitled to expenses increase - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fpJTUn3F8
  • Receipt is conclusive evidence of payment - #Uganda Tax Tribunal https://t.co/Sqq5TFEk0S
  • Linklaters loses 45 secretaries and PAs | Law Gazette https://t.co/ygYoZmluCS
  • Bill providing court protection to borrowers in mortgage arrears clears Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7rVb1P5yZ6
  • People with serious health conditions are supposed to be allowed to quarantine at home instead - and concern is being voiced that requests are often denied https://t.co/m3k0PpFP
  • #India Tribunal Bans Individuals, Companies From Using 'Khadi' Brand Name https://t.co/ZRPdmDnJkO
  • Glasgow is to remain under level three Covid restrictions for at least a further week amid concern over rising number of cases https://t.co/vhBNnL1eBm
  • Hackers causing widespread disruption to the #Irish health system have gifted it with the tool to help it recover. The Conti ransomware group was reportedly asking the health service for $20m (£14m) to restore services after the "catastrophic hack" https://t.co/6P4fpjgK1
  • Lawscot Foundation bursary helps student realise legal dream - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FYH9wqdATz
  • Award-winning Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel says the UK needs a written constitution "to stop rogue prime ministers illegally interfering with the workings of Parliament" https://t.co/OgJN1ftE9O
  • Architecture student wins SLC national award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xKJsitEevU
  • Covid isolation rule for care homes is ‘false imprisonment risk’ https://t.co/2XT9sNF0gD
  • Family lawyers suffering from job insecurity and stress, survey finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/SP4rdkiqV9 
  • More personal injury cases to be heard remotely with new technology - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8mwzg3TImv
  • UK to offer Australia tariff-free trade deal despite farmers' fears https://t.co/WuKdsDevml
  • Lady Gaga has revealed she suffered a breakdown as a result of sexual assault that led to pregnancy. The star was 19 when she was raped by a male music producer, who had threatened to burn her music if she did not take her clothes off https://t.co/1H1fuvxLpb
  • Rioters who threw bricks at houses and torched cars in Swansea will be met with "robust action", police have said. A major clean-up is under way after cars were burnt out and windows smashed during the violence in the Mayhill area on Thursday https://t.co/HgEsy1JwTu
  • UK women forced to wear face masks during labour, charity finds https://t.co/O8WLqHVeqB 
  • The Gaza Conflict Is Stoking an ‘Identity Crisis’ for Some Young American Jews refusing blind philosophical loyalty to the Israeli state actions https://t.co/SgzqSduPEj
  • Family lawyers expect to work from home post-Covid - survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/mnU5ViVAFu 
  • Cars torched and sent freewheeling down hill in major disturbance in Mayhill, Swansea. A relative of a man whose death prompted the rioting in Swansea has condemned those who took part https://t.co/tXD4VDXkgz
  • Fines collection rates show rises - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nI23Wb4vTr 
  • Shirley Li‑Ting: Spotlight on landlord remedies in CVAs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XJjXdnFxRi
  • NI: High Court: Requirement to show medical 'disorder' for gender recognition certificate held incompatible with ECHR - Irish Legal News https://t.co/D9APenoCVg 
  • Firm ordered to pay £800,000 after property blunder | Law Gazette https://t.co/JugP1MUnLZ 
  • Prince Harry says heavy drinking masked pain of mum Diana's death https://t.co/VzFTx8SMhi 
  • BBC's deceit over Diana interview worsened my parents' relationship - Prince William https://t.co/heGtXYxPWj
  • Judges are seeking an investigation into the “discriminatory, unfair and unlawful” judicial appointment system amid claims of bullying and racism - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ng4kCjTEwM 
  • Ex-partner of Brighton ‘babes in the wood’ killer jailed for perjury - Jennifer Johnson lied at 1987 trial of Russell Bishop, who killed two children in Sussex park https://t.co/2Fvj5ZaF0p