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10th October - Law News

Edition 3575: 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 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two journalists, the Philippines’ Maria Ressa and Russian journalist, Dmitry Muratov, for their fight to defend freedom of expression. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the pair as joint winners of the 2021 prize.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Scottish government announces £30m fund for victims - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yYg42nbrc
  • Wales legal chief attacks Westminster for ‘political trick’ on devolution | Law Gazette https://t.co/HiANyqeMl3
  • Vast majority of Irish solicitors want hybrid working post-pandemic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ryA8FMTJo
  • Law Society celebrates solicitor ‘champions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VxUcNOuDKM
  • The unprecedented challenge made by #Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, to one of the European Union's core legal principles has seriously escalated his government's dispute with Brussels https://t.co/sAmDeDmExN
  • More than 500 cases of Covid-19 have been linked to the TRNSMT music festival, new data shows. About 50,000 people descended on Glasgow Green for the three-day event last month https://t.co/VjkVVaIeQ6
  • Winding up petitions – new law gives small firms breathing space - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pVca3x8hDR
  • 15-year-old & her mum say they were intimidated by anti-vax protestors outside a Covid vaccination centre. Grace Baker-Earle, who uses a wheelchair after contracting Covid, was confronted after receiving the jab at Cardiff's Bayside mass vaccination centre https://t.co/oGxNbTWfpU
  • HMCTS splashes £40m on solar panels and green technology | Law Gazette https://t.co/5MqkoIyYIk
  • Carer’s Allowance Supplement Bill passed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DXqCgZIP
  • Commissioner sounds alarm on data protection reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/IpqWa6v4Vs 
  • A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qwxztDQTK2
  • Plans for a phone service aimed at protecting lone women walking home: It would allow users to opt into a GPS tracking system and an alert would be triggered if they did not reach their destination on time https://t.co/m3KighTeQX
  • Former president of Ukraine wins London jurisdiction challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/MDv1OO1JWD
  • Facebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site https://t.co/pS3k5vzxO
  • Despondent defendants say Supreme Court costs ruling is ‘alarming’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/iQcQI9o7wz
  • Met appoints Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey to wipe out misogyny https://t.co/WPg4Vvum1V
  • SYLA: Race and ethnicity – access to the profession - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ClOZG4qmKB
  • A #US appeals court has temporarily reinstated Texas's near total ban on abortions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that an injunction imposed against the law be lifted https://t.co/lMEz3slFYS
  • Revealed: anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine https://t.co/NbKOPKXx9F
  • Police in Berlin say they are investigating after staff at the US embassy reported experiencing symptoms of the so-called Havana syndrome #Germany https://t.co/rnW6ZXjfo
  • Six out of 10 people 'not comfortable' approaching solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/G0wHatLR9Y
  • #US President Biden has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot https://t.co/Wff7MbVAGa
  • Brussels vows swift response to #Poland’s ruling against EU law https://t.co/ydJxZeElTi
  • MBM Commercial launches World Tech Legal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/on1Midbsq7 
  • #US Federal court rules insurers don’t have to pay out more than $1bn in Covid claims from businesses https://t.co/WYsJFySIgc
  • Barrister jailed for child sexual offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/4VWgLTiXmm 
  • Leman Solicitors and Tughans join World Tech Legal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/77ifvDacN8 
  • Serial killer Stephen Port was identified by police as a "significant witness" with a rape allegation against him hours after his first victim was found dead, an inquest has heard https://t.co/qlQLeNMDeI
  • People in the #Indian state of Rajasthan are using snakes as murder weapons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QuPHvxpqhl 
  • District judge criticised for dismissing abuse allegations | Law Gazette https://t.co/rLYda9BhVk 
  • Poland set for fresh battle with EU after judges rule country’s constitution trumps EU law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QJmfQnQEbE