Edition 3508: 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:
The Bar Council's annual International Rule of Law Lecture encourages awareness of the importance of the rule of law to all. This year’s speaker, Judge Kimberly Prost (elected as Judge of the International Criminal Court in 2018) gives a keynote speech on Advancing the Rule of Law on the international stage.
The Bar Council's annual International Rule of Law Lecture encourages awareness of the importance of the rule of law to all. This year’s speaker, Judge Kimberly Prost (elected as Judge of the International Criminal Court in 2018) gives a keynote speech on Advancing the Rule of Law on the international stage.
Focus of the Day Article:
A standard non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for use when beginning negotiations over corporate transactions has gone live with the aim of having 1,000 organisations commit to its use. The next step will be to create provisions that make it suitable specifically for merger and acquisition activity. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Julian Assange: peering through the murk | Law Gazette https://t.co/zQ18h7nBW
- Val McDermid and thousands of authors have called on the UK Government to rethink a copyright law change that would have a “devastating” impact on writers https://t.co/kKYNdznMsC
- Two drug dealers who were caught after their car got stuck in a supermarket trolley bay have been jailed. Asim Akram and Ibrar Hussain were trying to evade police as they crashed at Morrison's in Banbury on 18 May https://t.co/mgKwuZ7xSv
- My legal life: Rachel O’Connor, Michelmores - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUkjte16g
- High Court judge blocks case seeking judicial review of 5G rollout due to lack of evidence, after backers raised more than £160,000 on crowdfunding platform https://t.co/7586oK02mA
- Midlands firm embarks on recruitment drive after 'incredible year' | Law Gazette https://t.co/i69JVOKpnj
- Robyn Williams: Met Police takes legal action over officer's reinstatement https://t.co/qG75y7FmJh
- A sweat-inducing pompous relic or a status symbol that brings order and ceremony? Whichever way you slice it, wigs in Victorian courts appear to be near extinction #Australia https://t.co/oJPayzRECs
- Setting the standards for lawtech | Law Gazette https://t.co/3VGVpYDlGE
- A nightmare to practise as barrister for the overseas trainee? https://t.co/cPFxI6Xh59
- A rapist has been jailed for 11 years after his daughter - who was conceived in the attack - provided DNA. Carvel Bennett, 74, was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old in Birmingham in the 1970s, leaving her pregnant https://t.co/ZumlIR7tUW
- Panasonic GC ups the ante on compliance | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ldpp4b5FeC
- Almost all of Scotland's remaining Covid-19 restrictions are to end from 9 August. Social distancing will be dropped in most settings, meaning more capacity in pubs and restaurants and larger crowds at sporting events and concerts https://t.co/qkFjqEUHAD
- Biden Administration Pushes States to Prevent Eviction Crisis #US https://t.co/w2UvRmhxkL
- It has been 200 days since the publication of the report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. Bethany Home survivor Derek Leinster doesn’t know how many more days he has left to wait for a semblance of justice #Ireland https://t.co/Xrays5nCr9
- Black barrister to lead independent police oversight board: Scrutiny board headed by Abimbola Johnson among initiatives that show police accept they need to change https://t.co/YcQ5m3TiSF
- Costs judge concerned by 'exceptionally large' rise in firm's hourly rates | Law Gazette https://t.co/lbsXOzzsaP
- Volume litigation business targets 30,000 new cases a year - Legal Futures https://t.co/byzV2pqCUX
- #NewZealand's Human Rights Commission launches investigation into country's housing crisis https://t.co/NrqFDU5LZ7
- Solicitor agrees to leave profession over property sale irregularities - Legal Futures https://t.co/YsjuSiVY3K
- Coalition of lawyers announces ‘universally standardised’ NDA | Law Gazette https://t.co/EDyMPX8Xb9
- Drug deaths in England and Wales highest since 1993 https://t.co/bZWY3YLD3
- #US Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills https://t.co/jqIXtcxUgS
- #Haitians Investigating President’s Death, Under Threat, Go Into Hiding https://t.co/Kg0tad7diC
- Standardised NDA goes live with plan to develop further 'modules' - Legal Futures https://t.co/vX35iLCuQx
- Daughter of 13-year-old mother raped in 1970s wins justice at last: Daisy, 45, overcame years of police inaction after persuading her mother to testify against Carvel Bennett https://t.co/vKGbFpchkx
- Assessing partner profits – changes afoot - Legal Futures https://t.co/PPZxLkLH4A
- Work where you want, Womble Bond Dickinson tells staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/WdP9U3VsHq
- The north Wales seaside town of Rhyl is one of the most violent and deprived areas in England and Wales. The number of serious offences went up every year for four years until the first coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/KnrW7BA6wh
- A proposal to create an "amber watchlist" of countries at risk of moving to red in the travel traffic light system has been abandoned https://t.co/31jNQJLtiw
- Gangs are using e-scooters to sneak on to UK farms and steal high-value GPS technology, an insurer has said. Similar gangs operate in cities as well utilising covid mask requirement to remain anonymous https://t.co/6DymbMTgfg
- The head of a group helping people flee #Belarus has been found dead near his home in neighbouring Ukraine. Vitaly Shishov's body was found hanged in a park in Kyiv, a day after he failed to return from a jog. Police have opened a murder inquiry https://t.co/IwlAlwpFfc
- Tetraplegic pupil was no publicity stunt, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/5tzY7tvVOc
- Hourly rates rebuff for non-London commercial firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/bGAvCcsKsa
- Best of the blogs - 31 July 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/DA82pDLNS1
