Edition 3512: 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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Preparations are under way in the United States for memorial events marking 20 years since the September 11 attacks. Relatives of victims continue to demand answers as to whether the Saudi Arabian government was involved. In the meanwhile, as Taliban forces retake Afghanistan driving out the US installed regime, questions remain over who truly benefitted over two decades of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Preparations are under way in the United States for memorial events marking 20 years since the September 11 attacks. Relatives of victims continue to demand answers as to whether the Saudi Arabian government was involved. In the meanwhile, as Taliban forces retake Afghanistan driving out the US installed regime, questions remain over who truly benefitted over two decades of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- HMCTS denies plans to bring in weekend trials | Law Gazette https://t.co/yuL06j2F21
- Two off-duty police officers who stood by as President Donald Trump's backers stormed the #US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January have lost their jobs. Alexander Everett and Caitlin Everett, a married couple from Seattle, were fired https://t.co/qyl8lQanrC
- A tour operator was liable for breach of contract and under regulations implementing the 1992 Package Travel Directive where a tourist was sexually assaulted by a hotel electrician, the Supreme Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/m6aqMGzGrl
- Consultation launched on proposed product safety law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1IQAYFmkg
- Employers should be mindful of the changing pandemic restrictions and what they mean for office occupancy and health and safety - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JChJsUSfE
- History
was made after three female judges sat as the Court of Appeal (Criminal
Division) in Swansea Crown Court―the first time the court has sat in
Wales comprising all women | NLJ https://t.co/Omj9eOFaEp
- Ministers
have been accused by a Fianna Fáil senator of “politicising” the role
of the Attorney General in their response to the controversy over an
event at the Merrion Hotel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jydua8mslg
- ‘Rare but real’: Bar works with judges to tackle bullying | Law Gazette https://t.co/C5zDwP4ub5
- A lawyer for James P. Spears said in court papers that Mr. Spears loves his daughter Britney Spears and that he is not to blame for some of the actions to which she has objected https://t.co/15adUV9oWR
- Intellectual property (IP) officials in South Africa have made history by awarding a patent that names an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor | NLJ https://t.co/KOy3i41ScY
- Regulations to improve cross-border distribution of investment funds signed into law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tmkKP21T
- The Disclosure Pilot has been extended until 31 December 2022 to allow the amendments to ‘bed down’, following feedback from lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/eSt3iNAk9l
- The Metropolitan Police said they were called to an address in Noel Park Road in Wood Green on Friday evening after concerns about residents' safety. A 61-year-old man was stabbed, a police officer was slashed and a second officer was assaulted https://t.co/ykBKV0Gai
- Lisa Banes, a film, theater and television actress who appeared in the thriller “Gone Girl,” died on June 14, days after she was struck by a man riding a scooter as she crossed the street in Manhattan #US https://t.co/VjGTMSW99n
- Apple criticised for system that loftily claims to detect child abuse, but there are major concerns that the technology would be expanded and used by authoritarian governments to spy on its own citizens https://t.co/ynvnIA1XsP
- Anti-vacc solicitor who died with Covid-19 made ‘terrible mistake’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/fROmOp4I4
- Menopause at centre of increasing number of UK employment tribunals: Rise in women taking employers to court citing event as proof of unfair dismissal and discrimination https://t.co/UYMQvGIKN3
- #Myanmar Ambassador, Who Opposed Coup, Is Target of Assassination Plot - Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said two Myanmar citizens living in New York plotted over the past month to attack and potentially kill the country’s ambassador to the United Nations https://t.co/TCAbbdXbwd
- How Cuomo went from #MeToo ally to a one-man battle to discredit women - The New York governor’s self-defense follows the playbook of powerful men accused of sexual misconduct – but it’s shocking given his history of advocacy #US https://t.co/AWmglCluTj
- Barristers have warned of ‘serious shortcomings’ in Home Office plans to counter state threats | NLJ https://t.co/X386Nqh10
- Amazon Prevails Over Reliance in #India's Supreme Court - The Indian Supreme Court upheld the U.S. company’s effort to stop the sale of supermarkets, in a rare win for foreign businesses there https://t.co/i6jvSbJLrO
- The pandemic has forced changes to almost every aspect of our lives. In WPH Developments Limited v Young & Gault LLP (in liquidation) 2021 CSIH 39, the Court of Session, however, confirmed one thing which won’t change: the law on prescription https://t.co/OyBwYavqCL
- The Taliban in #Afghanistan say they have captured a prison in the northern province of Jawzjan and freed all of the prisoners https://t.co/6wF0pp0sC5
- Discursive construction of an 'anti-immigration Europe' by the right-wing political groups in the European Parliament | Kamber Güler https://t.co/MeX21KPnU
- Conditions at shelters housing unaccompanied minors apprehended at the border have improved since early spring but are still drawing harsh criticism: Biden Administration Is Still Struggling to Care for Migrant Children #US https://t.co/VygLLUCB9
- As a child, Theary Seng escaped #Cambodia’s killing fields. After returning there as a human rights advocate, she angered the country’s strongman leader. But she refuses to be driven away again https://t.co/aMkC6eV0cS
- #Italians Embrace a ‘Green Pass’ to Prove Vaccination on Its First Day - While such measures have prompted protests in France and divided Americans, Italians are enjoying a season of rationality under Prime Minister Mario Draghi https://t.co/Bw7PlveWK6
- Cuomo
Lawyers Hit Back as Aide Who Says He Groped Her Files Complaint - The
criminal complaint from the woman, an executive assistant whose name has
not been publicized, increases the possibility that Gov. Andrew Cuomo
could face charges #US https://t.co/BWgxhU3BQg
- Counterfeiters who run a sophisticated operation or risk significant harm will receive tougher sentences up to a maximum of ten years or an unlimited fine, under Sentencing Council guidelines | NLJ https://t.co/D8X2G5HEkC
- Appeal court upholds fraud conviction over medical agency | Law Gazette https://t.co/TqLxjC9ch4
- Brown warns court backlog will take years to clear - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1r6QMJlzZx
- City firms flash green credentials | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Rd9zJ9RcI
- Solicitor sent for trial over alleged €268,000 property registration fraud - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HSKfKzEiAg
- Online dispute resolution should be part of the engine of recovery | Law Gazette https://t.co/0QFXv0PmPU
- Appointments at Murray Beith Murray - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wi4v0NzxXR
- Family
members of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks have
called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events unless
he declassifies files about the attacks #US https://t.co/YfmyIG42Z1
- NI: Cleaver Fulton Rankin appoints Kerry McCloy to lead legaltech group - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eANuLawslx
- Anger as Boris Johnson does not isolate after staffer’s positive Covid test https://t.co/I7g7cGEt3z
- Shops accused of failing to publicise recall of food linked to cat deaths https://t.co/RpJsKaXT61
