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16th August - Law News

Edition 3520: 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: A pickup-truck explosion in the city of Karachi in southern Pakistan killed at least 11 people and injured several others. The deadly incident coincided with celebrations of Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day

  Focus of the Day Article:
 Guidelines on sentencing modern slavery offences have been published. The Sentencing Council said the new guidelines would cover four offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Full story - New Law Journal


Saturday Conversations on Law
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  • Why the Online Safety Bill doesn't go far enough - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iA9F4IAR1I
  • Four injured in suspected shooting in Camden - Police, including firearms officers, were deployed to Clarence Gardens, Camden, at about 22:10 BST on Saturday https://t.co/YS5XL3G3db 
  • Meet the law students having second thoughts about criminal practice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ITv0jI3SNH
  • Linklaters partner profits jump 10% to £1.77 million ‘despite the uncertain backdrop of the last year’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/q21CU8KVRW 
  • Unmarried girls don't indulge in carnal activities without assurance of marriage: Madhya Pradesh High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ceo3ayQNEk
  • Kent Uni law students launch TV series exploring ‘contemporary legal issues’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ldUY6o6yMf
  • Common law Chief Judge takes to Supreme Court - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ctZ3CwpLNu
  • A police officer found dead with a three-year-old child were father and son, his West Mercia force colleagues have confirmed. The pair, discovered at a property in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, on Friday, as David Louden, 39, and his boy Harrison https://t.co/mVqUEGcOEB
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  • An expert panel unpacks the myriad changes to daily legal practice and the duties of leaders to better support individual professionals in a new-look market - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Cp1lPXxTW
  • Poland's disciplinary chamber for judges threatens rule of law - ECJ - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5WShor2SPK 
  • Victorian County Court receives 6 new judges - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/JId0IN2lJk
  • Afghan students offered scholarships by the UK government to study here from next month have been told they will not now be able to take up their places https://t.co/LG9Y0YP2mH
  • NRF to offer graduate solicitor apprenticeships in Newcastle - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8JqWem4Pzj 
  • Perceptions of Sexual Harassment. Subtitle: If we only define “Sexual Harassment” in the way we have until now, we will never be able to defeat it. | Paula Koller https://t.co/0cdPgXdxos 
  • Landlords and Tenants Worry About Effects of Ruling on Eviction Moratorium #US https://t.co/1Q4LjOBzdf
  • Unpacking the case that could lead to more climate change-influenced litigation - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/5wBwN8Fv6j
  • Leeds Uni law students offered £10k cash and free accommodation to defer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dWUQ04hEYQ
  • Mainstream Renewable Power nabs 80% stake of solar project pipeline - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/aJ2IWlpzKq
  • #Poland's president Andrzej Duda has approved a law that will make it harder for Jewish people to recover property lost during and after World War Two https://t.co/ZjK3KbU6E3 
  • What sets Tasmania’s legal profession apart? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hl6lwrOuB
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  • A third Extinction Rebellion protester has had her conviction overturned, following a Supreme Court ruling that obstruction of the highway is a valid protest | NLJ https://t.co/5P1S4nwYHV 
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