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28th June - Law News

Edition 3471: 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:
During a protest in Ramallah over killing of govt critic Nizar Banat in which demands were heard to overthrow Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas, clashes erupted between protestors and reportedly members of security forces dressed in civilian clothing.

  Focus of the Day Article:
Mrs Justice Keegan is to be appointed as the first Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. She will be sworn into office at the start of September 2021 at a ceremony in the Royal Courts of Justice. Full story - New Law Journal


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Podcast claims top prize at Justice Media Awards - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JUVjom4CJU
  • Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes confirm new flexible working polices - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8PqONSGEPc 
  • NI: Cleaver Fulton Rankin roundtable discusses hydrogen opportunity for Northern Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/UV9qthwBKU
  • TikTok star claims law student Tinder date sent legal letter after she turned him down - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Gxatxl3y
  • Vinson & Elkins pushes London NQ salaries above £153k as it confirms trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x7UiIUesI5
  • A father and son have been praised for cleaning graffiti from a memorial to volunteers who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Police are hunting vandals who defaced the commemorative stone in Duchess Park, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire https://t.co/DvcVMzy0EN
  • Police say they are trying to trace a spectator in connection with a multi-rider pile-up during the first stage of the Tour de #France on Saturday. The female spectator was spotted leaning into the path of the speeding peloton, holding a sign https://t.co/7P92fawNIV
  • At the age of 30, Elizabeth Aitken made partner. Having now been in such a role for three years, she understands what new partners must do if they are to succeed, personally and professionally - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/T8Jl1Gd3w
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Rape Report and damning findings from the Morgan Inquiry - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/6NCiMstwfY
  • New report calls for corporate gender quota to be rolled out over three years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5XIMw9dLs
  • After the pandemic put a hold on the event in 2019, Corrs Chambers Westgarth is excited to take part in the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Great Book Swap - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/yaFjx5KgNp
  • NI: DWF helps retailer Menarys weather Covid-19 storm - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4knyL3B69F
  • How did your university do in the latest law school rankings? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zf3f3iaOKH
  • The department of health is to look into how footage from Matt Hancock's office was leaked, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has said. The video, which shows Mr Hancock breaching Covid rules by kissing a colleague, was passed to the Sun https://t.co/Lrv6PAKcc
  • Reducing miscommunication in a hybrid work environment - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/iQghYNx9K
  • Borrowers in mortgage arrears gain right to court review - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BbgCgeolwk
  • When I was losing my young son, the Human Rights Act gave us a lifeline - The act, plus legal aid, helped my family to secure the help we desperately needed. Attempts to undermine it put us all at risk https://t.co/S6l57wAaS
  • Berlin’s No 1 digital detective agency is on the trail of human rights abusers - Investigators in #Germany are using Google Earth, YouTube clips and social media posts to bring political crimes to the courts https://t.co/W3Vms5vOx
  • Caught on canvas: how armed robber has turned his life of crime into art - Jack Murton was inspired to paint in jail by a fellow inmate, a friend of Lucian Freud https://t.co/SvFtl4OfB
  • Pinsents ups NQ lawyer pay across London and regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/B8VeYjN9g2 
  • Supreme Court Revisits Wrongful Birth Claims: an extended look - Robert Kellar QC and Owain Thomas QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ysdNitBrq
  • A proposal by the #SouthAfrican government to legalise polyandry - when a woman has more than one husband at the same time - has led to howls of protest from conservative quarters https://t.co/G8G4cXKCZQ
  • NI: Polling finds strong support for Bill of Rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/06FZOHpLIP 
  • He Saved 31 People at Sea. Then Got a 142-Year Prison Sentence - #Greece is prosecuting migrants on charges of people smuggling, and imposing heavy jail terms https://t.co/LPnslLljUR 
  • With Discovery of Unmarked Graves, #Canada’s Indigenous Seek Reckoning https://t.co/0WJhQ3XDP7
  • A man has been shot dead by police who had discovered the body of another man and a seriously injured child at a property. Thames Valley Police officers were called to Denmead in Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, at 09:40 BST on Saturday https://t.co/JkQ3y1Zd4f
  • #Colombia has offered a reward of three billion pesos ($796,000; £573,000) for information about an attack on the president's helicopter. Iván Duque was nearing Cúcuta airport near the border with Venezuela when his aircraft was hit by gunfire on Friday https://t.co/LyB9xaxrDf
  • Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent. One set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship's passage through Ukrainian waters https://t.co/ULDAMydeia
  • A&O becomes first magic circle firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/t51tFjdPSD
  • Mr Justice Barniville nominated for appointment to Court of Appeal - Irish Legal News https://t.co/R50uBVRZf
  • Pride 2021: Clifford Chance lawyers belt out gender-neutral track - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Z8y35uS3m
  • Applications now open for Legal Cheek’s Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZvUE0yxUuX
  • Linklaters to offer TC application support to disadvantaged black students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9gKcx251gt
  • Freshfields junior lawyer to compete in Tokyo Olympics - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3uJaJDaxJx 
  • Half of costs lawyers are busier than ever, a survey has found―with former clients suing their solicitors a fast-growing area of practice | NLJ https://t.co/szJLGjqTp
  • What Emperor Claudius would have thought about the City law pay war - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cO0yI2rZYB