Edition 3460: 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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New figures show that more than 5,000 people have tried to cross the Channel so far this year, over 100 of them yesterday alone, picked up by Border Force officials as they attempted the dangerous journey to UK shores. It's more than twice the number of migrants intercepted during the same period last year, despite the Home Office's pledge to stop the numbers of people entering on small boats. But what's happening to the people who have managed to make it here, in the hope of beginning a new life?
Focus of the Day Article:
The Court of Appeal has rejected the opportunity to grant interim relief to a litigant with a claim for sex discrimination after concluding that any award would completely change how employment tribunals are handled. Full
story - The Law Society Gazette |
| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Barristers change name over slavery links - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eNQxtfIO0
- Firms tear up office return plans as PM extends Covid restrictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/E6hb1uaofS
- The Metropolitan Police commissioner has rejected accusations the force is institutionally corrupt following a report into the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan https://t.co/oqzPFA6Wd
- Eviction ban on firms behind on rent is extended by nine months - The ban, which stops landlords taking tenants to court for non-payment, was due to end on 30 June https://t.co/xCWpeGkO3s
- MPs vote for a four-week delay to England's lockdown easing https://t.co/zOTfeEgSCD
- LSB pushes for consistent sanctions against lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/HqtUitlWtD
- Aberdein Considine in Newcastle recruitment drive - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bzDR84DF9O
- Health care assistants removed from ineligible occupation list for immigrant workers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/uXqOSWmeXM
- Australia will open door to UK lawyers, says government | Law Gazette https://t.co/nPtzahjokW
- England: City law firms introduce fertility benefits - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MJwNjWsdS6
- Court skewers solicitors over ‘multiple errors’ of service | Law Gazette https://t.co/uFTUZE3d5u
- SRA postpones indemnity fund closure for 12 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/ERWWMpFrOW
- A deaf campaigner is taking legal action against the government, after complaining that it failed to provide in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at No 10 Covid briefings https://t.co/EKwfCaWxQn
- Goldman Sachs delays return to office for workers https://t.co/23t8quic8Z
- Sainsbury's and Pets at Home are among retailers to have recalled a type of dry cat food over a potential link to a rare and fatal cat disease. Owners should return food made on behalf of the brands by manufacturer Fold Hill as a precaution https://t.co/qGIB2PvMdE
- No duty on law firm to investigate client’s struck-off solicitor agent - Legal Futures https://t.co/6w7LDSD8Zk
- Legal student secures triple for City of Glasgow College - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YiDowvuaf8
- SRA formally begins life as a separate corporate entity - Legal Futures https://t.co/Za7cxo0GXk
- NI: Stormont hears cross-party calls for miscarriage to be included in parental bereavement bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Rjzo3tQUhz
- Conveyancing platform aims to be “central source of truth” - Legal Futures https://t.co/bGeUFhbTM
- The Jesus and Mary Chain sue Warner for £1.8m over copyright infringement https://t.co/xOix3gJNqm
- Call for sanctions against lawyers over 'SLAPP' tactics | Law Gazette https://t.co/GxW21ds1KD
- Man charged after BBC reporter Nicholas Watt chased by protesters - Martin Hockridge, of Harpenden, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 June. He is accused under the Public Order Act https://t.co/1ew7OKUv9V
- Boris
Johnson called health secretary Matt Hancock 'hopeless' in WhatsApp
message - now made available by former aide Dominic Cummings https://t.co/Kxobg0CrtQ
- Ban for law firm revenue controller who diverted payments to own bank account - Legal Futures https://t.co/bzd7EWix77
- Tenerife: An investigating judge alleges Anna Gimeno Zimmermann and her six-year-old sister Olivia were killed by their father Tomás to "cause the greatest pain imaginable" to their mother #Spain https://t.co/2C5ZHIhMB
- UK warned it is unprepared for climate chaos https://t.co/PGPn54D6Q
- A Malaysian judge has overturned an inquest verdict of misadventure in the death of 15-year-old Nóra Quoirin, changing it to an open ruling https://t.co/EdAP9XqXqN
- Ireland's Evolving Equality Architecture - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ak8PPZdTCw
- CJEU: GDPR proceedings may be brought by watchdogs which are not lead supervisory authorities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L66as1cUGn
- Supreme Court: Motion to set aside refusal for leave to appeal rejected in student transport case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AFjN97KNbW
- Matheson launches new impactful business programme - Irish Legal News https://t.co/SqtGMNDNI8
- Hardwicke Chambers changes name over links to slave trade backer | Law Gazette https://t.co/SHVp8A27Wm
- Hazel Chu to take part in panel discussion during Law Society MOOC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RGmFVLh03T
- Former residents of Argyll children’s home who alleged historic abuse have actions dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MWJZuQv0UG
- Seanad backs bill to ban NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aJPtc1C9t7
- Linklaters rebuts sexual harassment allegations | Law Gazette https://t.co/UDw9ydZ8aW
- 'Not digging up that coffin': Law Commission rules out home information packs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BUPkqf8s63
- Paralegal who embezzled £220,000 from Aberdein Considine jailed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c7AledQKcE
- CJEU: GDPR proceedings can sometimes be brought by watchdogs which are not lead supervisory authorities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RmTIdCyyBy
- Court of Appeal rejects major shift on interim relief for ET claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWbBhEpJ6Z
- A significant milestone will be reached for the Law Society of Scotland later this year when long-standing chief executive Lorna Jack steps down - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FBoxIdhpnV
- Lawyers could use “performance-enhancing medication” in the future to maintain parity with machines, according to a new report from the Law Society of England and Wales - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TfhCQaKz7L
