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14th August - Law News

Edition 3518: 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: Three Indian men arrested for parading a 45-year-old Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town through a street, assaulting him and making him chant "Jai Shri Ram" slogans have been granted bail less than 24 hours after their arrest. 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Conference: How have Scotland’s tribunals adapted to the pandemic? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XUMAHFwmn4 
  • Irwin Mitchell profits leap by almost 50% | Law Gazette https://t.co/ettFCfcfAu 
  • Balfour and Manson retains trainees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HtDNJxXKyk
  • Crown Office being sued for £120m over Rangers affair as crisis deepens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I8EWRtee4P
  • Downsizing? Shoosmiths takes on bigger London office | Law Gazette https://t.co/nJoEimL3S8
  • Outer House judge permits out-of-time petition challenging Scottish Ministers’ failure to investigate Donald Trump’s Scottish assets - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DlnZVLfZjX
  • Sex workers fighting for human rights among world’s most ‘at risk activists’ https://t.co/ZJ5nbsVt7a 
  • Marion Millar, the Scottish feminist campaigner accused of a hate crime, has had her first court appearance delayed again. She is represented by Joanna Cherry QC https://t.co/IZCDCIVYoe
  • Dispersed firm aims for 1,000 consultant lawyers in next five years - Legal Futures https://t.co/ldhxv911U
  • The mother of the Plymouth gunman, Maxine Davison, and three-year-old Sophie Martyn have been named among the five victims of his shooting spree. Ms Davison, 51, was shot and killed by her 22-year-old son Jake Davison https://t.co/z0Zg4eU1as 
  • Landmark sentencing guidelines issued for modern slavery | Law Gazette https://t.co/4IbGiq0kH5 
  • 12 Years, $800 Million, One Conviction: #Lebanon Tribunal Winds Down Short of Answers https://t.co/rMhL20bYhg
  • A Lawyer’s Deathbed Confession About a Sensational 1975 Kidnapping - Samuel Bronfman, heir to the Seagram fortune, was abducted by two men who confessed to the crime. But then their story evolved wildly, and the jury believed it #US https://t.co/RkD8wSpWlk 
  • Regulators forced to self-finance compensation funds - Legal Futures https://t.co/V9AsNEfLDY 
  • Pores for thought: how sweat reveals our every secret, from what we’ve eaten to whether we’re on drugs n https://t.co/SazMc2IhhX
  • Solicitor finally faces disciplinary tribunal after 2015 rape conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/qRBoWlPIgE
  • NI: Shoosmiths’ profits up 31 per cent to £55.4m - Irish Legal News https://t.co/d658mPNogH 
  • ACSO/ABI Covid deal expires but "spirit of partnership" continues - Legal Futures https://t.co/RbkzXYJZ2S
  • A man who kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old girl as she made her way to school has received a 20-year sentence. Kadian Nelson forced her into an alley in Mitcham, south-west London https://t.co/f3oibEtRvS 
  • Inescapable truths about our outdated prisons https://t.co/Jmg4cA5SdT
  • A serving police officer and a three-year-old child have been found dead at a house in Worcestershire, police said. Officers were called to an address in Cairndhu Drive, Kidderminster on Friday https://t.co/I32Ic0ffq5
  • Law firms must be proactive in shaping the ‘new normal’ in litigation - Legal Futures https://t.co/f28IP6WnxV 
  • Firm challenges ‘unlawful’ hotel quarantine rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/3fkCf4xdjv
  • Statutory and independent Parole Board now formally established - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bYrclRu6Bd
  • Trainee retention falls at Clifford Chance | Law Gazette https://t.co/5RGdpbXWkv 
  • Judicial appointments bill to be published within weeks - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PN9caBmsZ
  • Partner profits leap by 40% at Shoosmiths | Law Gazette https://t.co/AUFgCFeHB0
  • Shoosmiths’ profits up 31 per cent to £55.4m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vCivIz7lgi
  • A man suspected of killing five people before turning the gun on himself has been named locally as Jake Davison. Three females and two males were shot in the Keyham area of the city https://t.co/MpZR9mS1O
  • Scottish SPCA calls for banned dogs to be judged on ‘deed not breed’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zs6yVV5wfx
  • Half of British public 'do not understand legal aid system' | Law Gazette https://t.co/xpI5f0JctC 
  • Austin Flynn: 30 years in law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BieYZZEBQq
  • Legal sector shines as services output recovers | Law Gazette https://t.co/cScXZzmkV9
  • Britney Spears' father has agreed to step down as the singer's conservator after 13 years, #US media report. The singer's career has been in the hands of legal guardians since public concerns over her mental health in 2008 https://t.co/HeoaNJmLB4
  • Hybrid working could create joyless, half-empty offices | Law Gazette https://t.co/lTCoi4IIJy
  • Accountants warn property solicitors of tax pitfall - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hBvLA4umNG