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19th June - Law News

Edition 3462: 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: Why the right to dissent upheld by the Indian supreme court should be valued and protested.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Faulks: I wanted to publish government submissions on judicial review | Law Gazette https://t.co/YX3YoDBV
  • NI: Care and justice campus to move forward following consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TNqXNhygoW
  • Conservative MP to stand trial charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire, denies sexually touching the teenager in Staffordshire https://t.co/SiK5roG3Cm
  • Françoise Hardy, ‘close to the end’ of her life, argues for assisted suicide https://t.co/57SvAUKbXR
  • Retired solicitor struck off for overcharging dead client’s estate | Law Gazette https://t.co/LhkAajwVZ0
  • The pandemic has meant setbacks for women’s equality | Law Gazette https://t.co/c3xym8ykZr 
  • #US Supreme Court Limits Human Rights Suits Against Corporations - Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms https://t.co/zLui6B4uZc
  • The EU has lost a legal battle in Brussels to force Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca to supply 120m doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of June. It went to court last month after the company delayed shipment of the vital vaccines https://t.co/WvRjuppKXX
  • ICCL targets big tech with German lawsuit against 'world's largest data breach' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JJcTKVcWh
  • NHS plans to centralise patient medical data cause privacy concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/69NFuU1Jy
  • Rape: why have prosecutions fallen so dramatically in a decade? https://t.co/eT3MOjtBw
  • NI: Rosemary Connolly: Claimaint in sex discrimination claim fails to win interim relief - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CcTc4bf69
  • What victims’ groups and voices from legal profession say about rape review https://t.co/CVP3rR1QK
  • Thacher, a California Prep School, Apologizes for Past Sex Abuse #US https://t.co/LRfnEmlOcs 
  • UK government rape review is a starting point, not a ‘victory lap’ https://t.co/vSv7RRooal
  • A dispersal order for central London has been issued ahead of the Euro 2020 macth between England and Scotland. The Met Police said it would "prevent the public being caused alarm, harassment and distress" and stop criminality in the local area https://t.co/LLSikoqaH
  • Alieu Kosiah has been found guilty of war crimes in a #Swiss court, becoming the first Liberian to be convicted in connection with Liberia's civil war https://t.co/nXmv6oyvkH
  • A 33-year-old pilot has confessed to the killing of his young British wife, Caroline Crouch, police say, in a crime that shocked #Greece https://t.co/uR4oLVb6g
  • Harry Richford: East Kent NHS Trust fined for failures over baby's death https://t.co/fchjVlmBaM
  • Lindsays supports competition for video game start-ups - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Aocv0U95K
  • #Israeli Officer Who Killed Autistic Palestinian Man Charged With Manslaughter https://t.co/aevzRu5e
  • Round-up of deals involving Irish law firms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hZzo3o0tfD
  • On Thursday, #US President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday https://t.co/uClIlDgZDi
  • The Power of Money: How Autocrats Use London to Strike Foes Worldwide https://t.co/oaxRq5xW7H
  • Seven people have been charged with electoral offences by police investigating a missing £10.25m loan to Northampton Town Football Club. The six men and one woman have been charged over donations made to Northampton South Conservative Association in 2014 https://t.co/dmWnXWMxP
  • People in Hong Kong have queued up to buy copies of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, a day after its newsroom was raided by police #China https://t.co/nzenHUnOh5
  • A third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is already under way leaving Wales facing a "serious public health situation", the first minister said. Mark Drakeford said Wales may be two or three weeks behind England and Scotland in terms of rising case numbers https://t.co/3oSmuWZhoF
  • NI: Legacy practitioners warn UK legacy proposals would 'undermine the rule of law' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bIiyqZh4n
  • #US supreme court upholds Obamacare after Republicans seek to gut law https://t.co/qNg8DwyRdp
  • Profession pays out £10m to cover losses from dishonest solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/FkYXx5PveD
  • Gateley criticised for not protecting client data - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rEJuC8BZE
  • Scottish poets in the spotlight at justice conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S5zA1kE1m
  • Are inheritance disputes set to become disputes with will-writers? - Legal Futures https://t.co/RAAq6XqkJ
  • High Court: Labour Court erred in dismissing HSE employee’s claim under fixed-term contracts legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qJyJmXaVoc 
  • #US Supreme Court Backs Catholic Social Services in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care https://t.co/4HVZ2D0dL
  • The EU legal framework and the administrative arrangements for the protection of asylum seekers victims of torture during the refugee influx in Greece (2015-2017). | Angelos Pappas https://t.co/JqXDfWv5g
  • SRA to follow FCA on capping claims management fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/0mMqHgMrnL 
  • Buckland: Rule of law 'should be above party politics' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zliVEhRq4Q
  • Ministers urged to make annual Dáil statement on progress of implementing UN disability convention - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QT2uSGOVW8 
  • Digital courts take next step forward with damages claims pilot - Legal Futures https://t.co/pIfZj3k4aM
  • Extra £90,000 to support women involved in prostitution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gAsR4ygCMk
  • Police to crack down on drones flown dangerously https://t.co/JnO4qGpjOv
  • Everyone aged 18 and over in England can now book their first Covid-19 jab in what the NHS has described as a "watershed moment" https://t.co/zozP3fLQXz 
  • #US lawyer couple who pointed guns at BLM protesters plead guilty - Mark and Patricia McCloskey agreed to give up the guns used in the 28 June confrontation in St Louis, Missouri https://t.co/T8vAaxJhtF
  • Two men jailed after Berkshire law firm defrauded out of £2.3 million https://t.co/X5asrjoXpV 
  • Deepak Sharma to bring next Economic and Judiciary Revolution https://t.co/OMMp4qY3Iv