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6th June - Law News

Edition 3449: 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: Israeli police arrest Al Jazeera journalist in Sheikh Jarrah. Givara Budeiri was assaulted and detained while covering demonstrations in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Barristers to battle it out in Dublin Bay South by-election - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NOhEfz7Qx
  • New book considers role of human rights in tackling poverty and inequality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/63QTZDhpWi
  • LSB chides chambers for ignoring pupil applicants | Law Gazette https://t.co/NxaHEEiQVy
  • Bill for referendum on right to housing clears second stage in the Dáil - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gjmZTA6w14
  • Clyde & Co to give all employees three per cent bonus - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Iy3bznjLH
  • Pay conditions for Tesco shopfloor workers can be compared with those of warehouse and distribution staff, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled in a landmark decision on equal pay | NLJ https://t.co/biBnyIUypX
  • Law firms, regulation and culture | Law Gazette https://t.co/S6kQeiKw8j
  • Two boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after another teenage boy was stabbed to death. Dea-John Reid, 14, was killed in College Road in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on Monday evening https://t.co/rBbrl75gcb
  • Corporations and individuals who violate #Nigeria's suspension of Twitter will be prosecuted, a government spokesperson has said https://t.co/ak5ughFv1d
  • The G7 group of advanced economies has reached a "historic" deal to make multinational companies pay more tax https://t.co/4Db8lbLrXc
  • hief Justice Frank Clarke will deliver the first in a series of online lectures in honour of the late Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman beginning next Tuesday - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TynoKF76ZO
  • Cati Johnstone joins MacFarlane Young - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BGoXw4C74
  • Rangers Football Club has lost the latest leg of its legal action over branded merchandise and replica kits | NLJ https://t.co/bVLqCY1aBC
  • Fraudsters will ‘evolve’ after whiplash reforms says insurance lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/fPssEevDqt
  • The Supreme Court is launching its first paid internship for aspiring lawyers from communities which are currently underrepresented at the Bar, in collaboration with the Bridging the Bar diversity initiative | NLJ https://t.co/hnAIOcRrcZ
  • #Denmark: MPs pass law allowing for asylum seekers to be processed abroad - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RZ5vo76jzz
  • Lawyers have called for early provision of legal advice and warned of increasing cases of homelessness as the pandemic stay on evictions is lifted | NLJ https://t.co/4u38jwZdmx
  • Chambers defrauded by senior clerk forced to sell premises | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZvQrymz44T
  • Commission on Taxation and Welfare to begin work today - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xCnSUeCtCC
  • Justice of the Peace Courts reopen on Monday - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lgnQsGf33V
  • High Court: Child returned to parents in England after aunt and uncle decided to keep him in Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rd14YyRYog
  • More CPD hours a ‘blunt instrument’ for ensuring high standards | Law Gazette https://t.co/V07F6bs0Bz 
  • European Union and British regulators are investigating whether Facebook’s “vast troves of data” give Facebook Marketplace an unfair advantage https://t.co/5n7TJBfiAj 
  • SLN Interview: Aberdein Considine’s Sally-Anne Anderson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s0Sztdqf6t
  • In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a #US federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms https://t.co/bbfq0g82EV
  • Since the murder of George Floyd, the racial justice movement BLM has received millions of dollars in donations. But some chapters have questioned how those funds are spent https://t.co/zVVc6ejCi9
  • PI claims to soar as e-scooters legalised on London streets | Law Gazette https://t.co/thSPznzfrR 
  • Subdued but Not Silenced, #HongKong Tries to Remember Tiananmen Massacre https://t.co/QdHdp3g5Zt
  • CJEU finds in favour of female Tesco workers in equal pay fight - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b44KQF7QgA
  • Underfunding of youth court work is damaging the interests of defendants, victims and witnesses, barristers have warned | NLJ https://t.co/oUcwCQXY3P 
  • #US Put Gag Order on Times Executives Amid Fight Over Email Logs - push began in the Trump administration and continued under President Biden, and the Justice Department obtained a gag order to keep it from public view https://t.co/PvtutjLoU
  • The Justice Committee has called for fundamental reforms to Coroners Courts, including legal ‘equality of arms’ | NLJ https://t.co/d9KR4dsDyB
  • FBI demanded the newspaper USA Today hand over records on who had read an article about the killing of two FBI agents. The newspaper's owner is resisting the request and asked a #US judge to quash the demand https://t.co/GX8fdYA2q8
  • Microsoft blamed "accidental human error" for search engine not showing image results for the query "Tank Man". The phrase relates to the iconic image of a lone protester standing before tanks in #China's Tiananmen Square during demonstrations in 1989 https://t.co/iMWUoHDxqP 
  • Look out this weekend and next week for legal teams belly dancing, salsa-ing, bachata-ing & reggaeton-ing, baking ten cakes, singing ten songs, swimming 100 lengths of a swimming pool, crossing ten bridges, walking, running, crafting and yoga | NLJ https://t.co/zzwq5dbXrI
  • 'Hidden heroes': Buckland thanks court staff for Covid efforts | Law Gazette https://t.co/sp7ybdl7xK
  • Elections watchdog admits errors in reporting Tory donations https://t.co/UkhofRWL26 
  • Firms are boosted by online reviews, claims SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/ew8p6Tplig 
  • Steven Allan made partner at James & George Collie LLP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5bZS2K8aEP
  • Newborn care report sparks judicial response | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kvx35ycEva
  • Scottish government’s £1m defence trainee fund opens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4hI6TEGWfj 
  • True impact of hate crime in Scotland not understood by police - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J6snuSYMBk
  • Asylum seekers win army barracks challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZRBAzgr0QX
  • Outer House judge resolves dispute between feuding Italian brothers appointed joint executors of mother’s estate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JmozzwRfP6