Saturday

25th September - Law News

Edition 3560: 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:  How Can Indian Schools Support Teenagers Facing Gender Identity Issues? According to Charit Jaggi, Founder and Director, We The Young, an online platform for the youth to share their stories, when a child faces any challenge, help must come from multiple stakeholders including parents, teachers, school and counsellor. He stressed that schools should have gender diverse people in the teaching and non-teaching staff.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Government taking EU criticism over number of judges ‘very seriously’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zumql80fnj 
  • Slaughters appoints first managing partner in boardroom shakeup | Law Gazette https://t.co/5uVhp0wVf
  • Tax clinic at Edinburgh Law School first in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vOW4emViU
  • Barristers clash over disclosure of document in waiting area | Law Gazette https://t.co/VudBYtRGS
  • Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson LLP becomes part of Holmes Mackillop Limited - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sQ2h83RRNH 
  • The Taliban's notorious former head of religious police has said extreme punishments such as executions and amputations will resume in #Afghanistan https://t.co/HJ1IgnBfG
  • Economic crime levy ‘penalises profession’, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/0Iuqeotwnb
  • Major Tory donor’s oil firm admits employees paid bribes to get contracts: Petrofac made admission as part of deal to end four-year corruption investigation by Serious Fraud Office https://t.co/8WZ27P89hI
  • Supply chain crisis: Tories poised to U-turn on foreign worker visas: Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount https://t.co/J2oOaVgwQ1
  • Three teenagers who killed a 13-year-old boy over a social media row have been sentenced to custody in young offenders institutions. A girl lured Olly Stephens to a field in Reading, Berkshire, where two boys lying in wait stabbed him https://t.co/KflOuxuOeg
  • Ian Beattie, the chief operating officer of Lindsays, has been named as the new chair of UK Athletics - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kt1vWTlPDt
  • Detectives investigating the murder of Sabina Nessa are hunting a man seen on CCTV near the scene of her death https://t.co/22lMwo3WxZ
  • Thousands of passengers arriving at UK airports were hit by delays on Friday after a technical problem disrupted self-service passport gates - The problem came after weeks of passenger anger over queues because of Border Force staff issues https://t.co/TP6itbXOmC
  • FOI reveals ‘not proven’ least used verdict in sexual offence trials since 2016 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eJW3gexAkH
  • MoJ set for talks over possible alternative to Legal Ombudsman | Law Gazette https://t.co/EDflFtfEXA
  • Army officer who claimed seaside home benefited from servitude loses Inner House appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EOHvQG8rS
  • Tribunal president vows to bring together ‘disunited judiciary’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/jkyROTwHzU
  • A six-year-old Israeli boy, Eitan Biran, who was the sole survivor of an Italian cable car crash will stay in Israel until a court has ruled on a bitter custody dispute https://t.co/VeslfdbwQ4
  • #Myanmar junta abducting children of people targeted for arrest, says UN expert https://t.co/dSQHu6jYk
  • Listed law firm bosses continue to cash in - Legal Futures https://t.co/Bk45xA4dxD
  • New push for assisted dying in Scotland begins - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RdmrUFDRkT 
  • Clerks "must play bigger role in fair work allocation" - Legal Futures https://t.co/dc5eWhOH3b 
  • Supreme Court dismisses asylum challenge arising from 'unfair' rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/TK4jsxBCN
  • SRA launches investigations into 10% of firms checked for AML compliance - Legal Futures https://t.co/wF0FiztxCQ
  • Romelu Lukaku says footballers can do more to tackle racism than just taking the knee and wants social media companies to meet with players to help combat the issue of online abuse https://t.co/Qx5Y8yG7j
  • Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border https://t.co/vthI8tlWgx
  • N.Y.C. Food Delivery Workers Would See Better Pay Under New Bills #US https://t.co/jAeXhQpDEp
  • UK restaurants to be banned from keeping staff tips: Businesses will no longer be able to take share of service charges paid by card under new legislation https://t.co/SEe2mRFeHe
  • Tribunal rejects ‘wokeism’ defence from solicitor who made insensitive comments | Law Gazette https://t.co/blg20QlS7Q
  • Possession of class A drugs such as heroin, cocaine and MDMA may incur a police warning rather than prosecution under a new “diversion from prosecution” policy for drugs announced by Scotland’s Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3XJT8LOgFF
  • Edinburgh care company fined after lone worker abducted and raped by client - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/85wiquQyU5
  • Lady Hale to speak on Northern Ireland in the UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TYuxMqLCv
  • Fear of more baby deaths as ministers stand firm on jailing pregnant women https://t.co/CS7L5h7D9Y
  • Independent group to report progress on end of direct provision | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xWeesdi4Ve 
  • The Roots of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa—A Pan African Response | Madalitso Phiri https://t.co/ewfhSarxgS 
  • UK government’s Troubles plan ‘incompatible with international obligations’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/lZqgPAm6ej