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4th September - Law News

Edition 3539: 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 court in Delhi in India has came down heavily on the Delhi Police for its probe into a 2020 riots case, saying that its failure to conduct a proper investigation will "torment" the sentinels of democracy when history will look back at the worst communal riots in the national capital since partition.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Glasgow man sentenced to 80 hours of unpaid work for fly-tipping - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IMkuSuQmDe
  • PI claim to proceed despite tribunal settlement | Law Gazette https://t.co/wKM5eZ0R
  • Bill to ratify European Stability Mechanism reforms published | Irish Legal News https://t.co/57AdFyI2v
  • Birmingham dancing thief's 'fancy footwork' caught on camera https://t.co/aqgJfc8qQc
  • A racist, a judge and a clear case of white privilege - shocked by the sentence handed out to a man convicted for extremist activity https://t.co/0LI0VfeXhw
  • Anti-vaccine protesters try to storm London offices of medical regulator - Police stop attempt to invade MHRA headquarters as hundreds gather in Canary Wharf https://t.co/mZtoTFNud
  • One out of 125 embassy guards promised help to leave Afghanistan made it to UK https://t.co/ioXZ3pf9vg
  • Record €225m GDPR fine imposed on WhatsApp | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vqlRG7ZUZw 
  • A prominent booster of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon has accepted a plea deal in federal court for his involvement in the US Capitol riots. Jacob Anthony Chansley was one of the thousands of Trump supporters who attempted to circumvent democracy https://t.co/M0FeaERZMD
  • Inger Stojberg, #Danish Official, Faces Impeachment Trial Over Migration Policy https://t.co/urlOZLff1v
  • Talks ongoing for securing evacuation of at-risk Afghan judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/NvfYLS5wuB
  • Texas now has abortion ‘bounty hunters’: read Sonia Sotomayor’s scathing legal dissent #US https://t.co/Pk4Qu2kGB
  • Advocate Jon Kiddie of Terra Firma Chambers explores the use of the Scots language in Scots law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HYJxX4lwGk
  • Special investigator continues to examine alleged #Australian soldiers' war crimes in Afghanistan, despite media reports https://t.co/g8zlMn1NZG
  • Holyrood committee backs pardons for 4,000 executed for witchcraft - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YnAXhOHmic
  • London firms combine forces to create 'mid-market powerhouse' | Law Gazette https://t.co/cq00uv1wwf 
  • Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan , sworn into office | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zmYT1Fn7m1 
  • UK now expects compliance with children’s privacy design code https://t.co/w0ETqmBAJ
  • Law firm M&A activity focused on non-legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/DScKqSopun 
  • Vaccine passports to be required at nightclubs and music festivals - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LBDw7gFkFh
  • Yemen: Barrister asks ICC to open 'war crimes' investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ws1WsDpDBR
  • Big Four "cornering the market for legal solutions, not advice" - Legal Futures https://t.co/dTJpelprM
  • Solicitors suspended for role in quick-sale property scheme - Legal Futures https://t.co/CIqpEzhj7k
  • Murgitroyd grows in Ireland with acquisition of Hanna Moore + Curley - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xs0bdkvpG9 
  • Fifa is investigating racial abuse aimed at England players during Thursday's 4-0 win over Hungary in a World Cup qualifier in Budapest. Far-right activism has been common in #Hungary in recent years https://t.co/7xu8eHqgC
  • US President Joe Biden has launched a "whole-of-government" response to oppose a new law in Texas that bans most abortions. He called the Supreme Court's decision not to block the law an "unprecedented assault" on women's rights #US https://t.co/Ln1TonPWY
  • A former BBC reporter who claims she was sexually assaulted while working undercover to expose abuse in the fashion industry has given a statement to French police https://t.co/KkRwm1KkL
  • Complicity in mass loss of life? Extinction Rebellion takes on City lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/KRKriA2Pe
  • Pet abduction to be made new criminal offence in England https://t.co/mgxd7RmPu0
  • Police in #NewZealand shot and killed a "violent extremist" after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in an Auckland supermarket https://t.co/3i0EivoME
  • Lawyer of the Month: Pádraig Ó Muirigh | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0uNXBkFhGF 
  • DLA Piper appointed as provider of legal services to COP26 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/87N9BoYwtP
  • Blackadders promotes six NQs and recruits eight trainees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q1XOvrBguu 
  • Finance lawyer Kathleen Garrett joins Reed Smith in London | Irish Legal News https://t.co/pgwxKkKVn
  • An Islamic State (IS) group suspect from the UK has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages. Alexanda Kotey is accused of belonging to an IS cell dubbed "The Beatles" https://t.co/Ob8J45BXRo
  • Outer House judge rules children of dual citizens acquired habitual residence in Scotland despite contract agreeing they would not - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SUjUDbOsbJ
  • NI Court of Appeal: Application for Brexit judicial review ‘substantially out of time’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Fd7f7qIHN9
  • Douglas Bruce joins Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b1SnqdBMiN