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31st May - Law News

Edition 3443: 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: A coalition of Israel’s opposition parties have announced they have reached an unlikely agreement and now have the votes to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest serving leader. If out of office, the longest serving PM in the country's history faces the courts on corruption charges.
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ashurst appoints first female global chair - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VXmznIkLlH
  • Re-victimised rape complainant suffered violation of ECHR rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KhOoJplfSk
  • Phone intercepts shine more light on #Jordanian prince’s alleged coup attempt - Discussions took place before Prince Hamzah was put under house arrest https://t.co/226uhF64qD
  • A new equality for Ireland's criminal justice system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pDcGvwUuNA 
  • A guide to covering the cost of your SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/heBAXj4hhe
  • Uncovered: the brutal secrets of UK deportation flight Esparto 11 https://t.co/w9R5cr5YyV
  • A flower seller has been stabbed to death close to his stall in north London. Tony Eastlake, 55, died from a knife wound after being attacked on Essex Road, Islington, just before 17:30 BST on Saturday https://t.co/Hnt3Me1Yul
  • The partner of the son of Lord Ashcroft, the millionaire businessman and pollster, is in custody in Belize after a police officer was shot dead. The body of Supt Henry Jemmott, 42, was found on a pier in the town of San Pedro after reports of a gunshot https://t.co/iDeVSfhEVE
  • Beauchamps' Imelda Reynolds elected president of Institute of Directors of Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pRWpTA492s 
  • Roberto Saviano says that a court has shown that the crime clans – whose threats forced him to live with a bodyguard – are not invincible #Italy https://t.co/9MdCPNFYLl
  • Samantha Azzopardi, #Australia's notorious con artist sentenced for child theft https://t.co/oGfAD0mCYf
  • Covid bereaved join call for ‘Hillsborough law’ to force duty of candour | https://t.co/yGWWjihIim
  • Kumbh Mela: how a superspreader Hindu religious festival seeded Covid across #India and the government took no action https://t.co/7b0GapPfVP
  • Cornwall officials urge tourists to ‘engage brains’ after car swept into sea: family car washed away at high tide near St Agnes after driver became stuck on a steep slipway while doing a three-point turn https://t.co/DhFGGcVvmo 
  • Work from home 50% of the time, Dechert tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DQaIjV8w7n 
  • GPs warn over plans to share patient data with third parties in England https://t.co/9FEyhEnstW 
  • Produce evidence Matt Hancock lied on Covid, Dominic Cummings to be told https://t.co/j2H77obBcP 
  • Comyn Kelleher Tobin sponsor UCC children's rights and family law scholarship - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jqw1UXMxfV 
  • Parents in UK prepare for legal action over A-level results - Teachers, unions and academics concerned at potential chaos over cancelled exams as parents prepare to challenge grades https://t.co/ZPaLQuat8H
  • Senior MP demands answers for leaseholders - https://t.co/K0ASOq9odH 
  • Interdict granted in IP dispute over lookalike gin products - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/heWfO3L190 
  • A former child refugee who arrived in the UK unable to speak English has graduated with an architecture degree. Salman Khan, 25, fled war-torn Afghanistan as a boy and began a six-month journey through snow and mountains https://t.co/3i820P181e 
  • Biden’s Silence on Abortion Rights at a Key Moment Worries Liberals #US https://t.co/w8YnoBoDwe
  • Holmes O'Malley Sexton rebrands as Holmes - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EXMcKqYae3 
  • World renowned barrister Geoffrey Robertson in town to talk Parthenon Sculptures and the ‘ownership’ of history https://t.co/3EdcKjdQnF
  • CMS and Clydes thank lawyers with Covid bonuses - Legal Cheek https://t.co/D4TiMnlM76
  • The Weekly Round-up: Criminal justice scandals and ‘prison-like’ hotels for victims of modern slavery - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CpNIJQcPm0
  • Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: How to fund your SQE - with BARBRI, Linklaters, the SRA and The Law Society - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4yHFSTLOyh 
  • Law firm parts ways with paralegal filmed climbing into zoo monkey enclosure 'to feed them Hot Cheetos' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LyhDJbo4vS 
  • The Executive has no legal capacity to commission abortion services, the High Court has heard. Counsel representing Stormont’s Cabinet claimed a challenge to its alleged failure to act was fundamentally misconceived  https://t.co/wFLr2cHMTk
  • Prominent #HongKong barrister Priscilla Wong, wife of pro-Beijing heavyweight Martin Liao, is new head of police watchdog https://t.co/bXkiwKrLV
  • Discursive construction of an 'anti-immigration Europe' by the right-wing political groups in the European Parliament | Kamber Güler https://t.co/MeX21KPnUX
  • Private renters in England on ‘cliff edge’ as eviction ban ends - Councils and charity Shelter voice concern as ministers are warned homelessness crisis could cost the state £2.2bn https://t.co/XjtnbojmHv
  • The Law Society has launched its member survey on the Practising Certificate Fee (PC fee) for 2021/22 | NLJ 
  • Chiara Pieri becomes president of Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YTMUC4fkeF 
  • Study: Legislation should ensure Covid-19 status certificates are temporary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2CYm1GMG1e
  • The UK’s mass surveillance regime breaches the right to privacy and freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has held, in a landmark ruling | NLJ https://t.co/Xc6OjcgMZc