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27th August - Law News

Edition 3531: 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: All students in China, from primary school to university, are now facing a mandatory new class 'Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era'. Editor of the China Story at the Australian National University Yun Jiang says politics has long been a part of Chinese education, but the new class firmly entrenches the president's views

Focus of the Day Article: The benefits of being different – why law firms should embrace neurodiversity. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Home Office urged to concede Afghan tribunal appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/ESbPoRgdea
  • Merricks v Mastercard: UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal Allows First Ever Opt-Out Class Action https://t.co/ArlwlpPOzc
  • Nick Emmerson has been announced as the new Law Society of England and Wales 2021 deputy vice president (DVP), following the recent election https://t.co/emMRLybIc1 
  • Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with rape. The 27-year-old defender has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, Cheshire Police said https://t.co/PdcdUL7JpX
  • Nine out of 10 lawyers shun full-time office return | Law Gazette https://t.co/SCSjBBLkxs 
  • #Lebanese lawyers sue UK-registered company over Beirut port blast https://t.co/drBg3OPPYZ 
  • #US: Trump-era asylum policy reinstated by court order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Kue1IAi1XO
  • Should advising clients in vulnerable circumstances be a family affair? https://t.co/TWh0tTht0d 
  • Rules of court continued to be drawn up during Covid-19 crisis - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IGBfdh0F7o
  • ‘But the story gets worse’: what happened after a police employee said she’d been raped #Australia https://t.co/JH9LrOZuSL 
  • Defendant in Plot to Kidnap Michigan's Governor Whitmer Sentenced #US https://t.co/eRhzwfCQf2 
  • Six trainees join Your Conveyancer in Dunfermline - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GC3UzIIP7Q
  • What is GDPR and why does the UK want to reshape its data laws? https://t.co/9o0iyD6wKC 
  • Diary of a High Street Conveyancer- Following on from my words last week about the phrases and words that conveyancing lawyers used, it got me thinking about other things to do with the law and procedure https://t.co/HLGtCnU5P1 
  • Accounts reveal a Tory donor provided almost £53,000 towards the cost of Boris Johnson's Downing Street flat refurbishment. Figures confirm Lord Brownlow reimbursed the party for a "bridging loan" it initially provided for some of the works https://t.co/6xJmthi79r
  • Human rights watchdog welcomes announcement of Covid inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6Q7CJq51HT 
  • Two-Spirit inmate files human rights complaint claiming harassment, assault at Kent Institution – #Canada https://t.co/CfLNPlMRYf
  • Big businesses 'could outsource less work to external firms' | Law Gazette https://t.co/bwjB6JnkJI 
  • Mass brawl erupts in #Armenian parliament: Third violent bout in just two days https://t.co/8hzEojsAMP
  • UK law firms score worst for transactions accelerating climate change - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZmQfUMvcG7
  • Legal case against levelling up fund criteria gets green light - The High Court will decide whether the fund unlawfully sent cash to areas considered to be “of political benefit to the Conservative party”. https://t.co/Tzjvc5AZdn 
  • Limited success for DAS fraudsters in £8m confiscation order challenge - Legal Futures https://t.co/18lNqAXrGk 
  • Several women Army Officers, denied Permanent Commission after the Supreme Court's order had approached the Armed Forces Tribunal against their release orders #India https://t.co/TAA4O2LAvM
  • Liberal candidates defeated in watershed Hong Kong Law Society election | Law Gazette https://t.co/DGIsuRe11D 
  • The rise of private eviction companies, some of which use threats to achieve their goal in #Spain https://t.co/abVwjuh3a5 
  • There could be an "highly lethal" terror attack at Kabul airport within hours, a minister has warned. Armed Forces minister James Heappey said there were "very credible" reports of a "severe" threat in the capital #Afghanistan https://t.co/tmIBUu4OCm 
  • The UK's new Information Commissioner will be charged with a post-Brexit "shake up" of data rules, including getting rid of cookie pop-ups. John Edwards has been named the next head of data regulator the ICO https://t.co/GkArX8wazh 
  • Lisa Shaw, who worked for BBC Radio Newcastle, died at the age of 44 in May after developing headaches a week after getting her first dose of the AstraZeneca covid vaccine https://t.co/pmkSpvuwge 
  • Solicitor avoids strike-off for disabled badge dishonesty - Legal Futures https://t.co/TA1c2bZjnY 
  • A barrister by day, comedian by night - Ishfaque Kamal strives to be a good comedian for his sanity, and a great lawyer for…money! https://t.co/M8KWl4z2Z2 
  • ‘An Arm and a Leg’: Meet the Mississippi lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who helped start the fight for charity care #US https://t.co/T8xmEHyhD4 
  • Barrister fined for tweet that "could promote hostility towards Muslims" - Legal Futures https://t.co/MnYATzqqzu