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25th July - Law News

Edition 3498: 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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The Dutch government has been accused of not doing enough to help relocate Afghan interpreters who worked for its forces. Thousands of Afghans who helped foreign forces are now at risk of attack by the Taliban, as the armed group makes gains on the ground.

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • 'Thank you bonus' firm celebrates 30% profit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/ChLKeVeBFN
  • Post-Brexit UK Shared Prosperity Fund 'risks damaging constitution further' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0acnoXKiv
  • Scotland makes international pledge to help deliver Paris Agreement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WlV6PxY4u
  • A further 12 former sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses including three who served time in prison, have had their convictions relating to the Post Office (PO) Horizon scandal overturned by the Court of Appeal | NLJ https://t.co/9XV84JOuz2
  • ‘The law is cold. It doesn’t reflect the life lost’: mothers of murder victims tell their stories. Grieving parents of two young women killed by their ex-boyfriends launch a new film to step up their campaign for justice https://t.co/WyObXvDPt
  • Six-figure awards set serious libel benchmark | Law Gazette https://t.co/LfPRUPTrI
  • Board established to oversee end of direct provision - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1rp1p3QVGe 
  • Compensation fund payouts reach five-year high | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsRm5cztvI
  • The Law Society issued a grim warning about the Nationality and Borders Bill, ahead of its second reading in Parliament this week | NLJ https://t.co/FX6p8P0Lm
  • Fatuma Kadir, missing 11-year-old Bolton girl is found in London although it is not known why she travelled alone https://t.co/PGOmWwUOsW
  • #Haiti: shots fired at Moïse’s funeral as protesters clash with police https://t.co/I4lqWgECVh
  • NI: Judge concludes there is 'real prospect' Omagh bombing could have been prevented - Irish Legal News https://t.co/J3GPUkIYRl
  • Chambers UK recognises Brodies’ expertise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4yDpwXIVLP
  • Employment tribunals are plagued by delays, lack of resources and too few judges, an Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) survey of its members has found | NLJ https://t.co/2y4XyKCVH9
  • Judges owed a duty of care, government concedes | Law Gazette https://t.co/vSG6Kk52q
  • Legal profession leaders are calling for urgent action on judicial diversity after official statistics revealed slow or no progress in some areas | NLJ https://t.co/pL83PavKJW
  • Addleshaw Goddard advises on GENinCode IPO - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I8sCIFlMQu 
  • Law Commission recommendations to tackle online abuse such as death threats, racist comments and pile-on harassment have been laid in Parliament | NLJ https://t.co/Y0mLb51Nd
  • 'Her inquest concluded she'd had no training and no safety measures had been put in place to mitigate the risks to her' - Girl's tragic balloon accident death in Cardiff marked 125 years on https://t.co/OH6jcToHTz
  • The scale of violence against women demands a better response than Priti Patel’s https://t.co/0BQfLDKTE
  • RT @ianbrealey: It’s a fair point https://t.co/OwxKqV479a
  • #Eritrean footballers on the run face anxious wait in push for safe haven - Four players hiding in Uganda since 2019 are waiting for a resolution and wondering what might have been https://t.co/gom0p30kjY
  • City pay and retention continue to climb | Law Gazette https://t.co/jLtcFVimm
  • Like millions of #Americans, I can never leave my spouse. I’ll lose my healthcare - My access to doctors is tied to my husband – and his access is tied to his employer. Land of the free indeed https://t.co/dxgk2R5IEC
  • #SierraLeone abolishes death penalty - MPs vote unanimously for abolition, making it the 23rd African state to end capital punishment https://t.co/dIpFTwyR
  • ‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in #Bosnia - Move by international body set up to implement post-war peace deal follows attempts to downplay 1995 Srebrenica massacre https://t.co/I3e5a7FN4
  • Ghana: anti-gay bill proposing 10-year prison sentences sparks outrage. Bill could mean 10 years in prison for LGBTQ+ people and those who support their rights https://t.co/chBEevrhbr
  • Like many hotel owners around the country, Jess and Andrew Waggitt opened their doors to homeless people during the pandemic as part of the government's Everyone In scheme https://t.co/CTydgY8bFS
  • Suspect Tries to Compare Capitol Riot to Last Year’s Violence in Portland, Oregon - right-wing news media and Republican politicians have often made the comparison. Now, in a narrow legal context, a judge will consider the argument. #US https://t.co/gtQ5IODAI
  • Bust of Klan Leader Removed from Tennessee State Capitol - State officials removed the sculpture of confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader, Nathan Bedford Forrest, from the State Capitol in Nashville and sent it to the Tennessee State Museum #US https://t.co/jdCoZTJB7
  • Supreme Court: Legal basis for surrender of people between Ireland and UK post-Brexit referred to CJEU - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nuEN4UfKM
  • Scottish Legal Aid Board agrees to improve approach to equality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Xf45Hd6g
  • Lawyers' tweets anger mother involved in contentious proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/jXAIbn0lm
  • Ad men sacked to improve gender pay gap win sex discrimination claim - London tribunal rules men axed after director vowed to ‘obliterate’ J Walter Thompson’s reputation of ‘being full of white men’ https://t.co/bV5pGiJPj
  • BrewDog loses IP battle over tiger gin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4XOxhP8T8v
  • Win for Angelina Jolie as court disqualifies judge in Brad Pitt divorce case - Court finds John Ouderkirk did not sufficiently disclose business relationships with Pitt’s attorneys #US https://t.co/QMZFMb15q
  • What does the latest public health guidance mean for Scottish businesses? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q7r513rXu7
  • The first batch of dozens of Zimbabweans deported from the UK, have landed in the southern African country. Some of them had been in the UK for decades and were forced to leave their families behind to begin an uncertain future in their country of origin https://t.co/juozj56RbP
  • Supreme Court warns of LLP lacuna in VW claim decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/cjSDr9N6lm 
  • #China is imposing sanctions on several US individuals and organisations in response to recent US sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong https://t.co/62PpljxwsI