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18th October - Law News

Edition 3583: 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:  Thousands participated in a protest in Milan, where, under a recently government-mandated decree, a ‘Green Pass’ is now mandatory in the workplace


Focus of the Day Story: Ruling in R (oao KTT) v Home Secretary [2021] EWHC 2722 (Admin), Mr Justice Linden upheld the 33-year-old claimant’s case that she should have been granted leave to remain on the basis it was necessary due to ‘her personal situation ie in order to pursue her asylum and human rights claims based on her fear of being re-trafficked if she is returned to Vietnam’. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Womble Bond aims to run all offices on renewable energy by 2026 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nApFZVH4H
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: Can AI receive patent protection? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GxLXJilqYV
  • 'Here's to the return of in-person legal events' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FxbYszYsP
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Life as an international parental child abduction lawyer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ENiPSwDrgt
  • Police have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed at a railway station in Glasgow. Justin McLaughlin was found seriously injured at High Street station at about 15:45 on Saturday https://t.co/XzXoAksqN
  • Magic circle pay war: A&O matches Linklaters with £107.5k NQ lawyer salary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AIckq0oD
  • Four young musicians join Evershed Sutherland Accelerator Academy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Cj5JeW1XD
  • High Court refuses fresh inquest in welfare benefits case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2Qro3TtX9m
  • Victims of trafficking should be granted leave to remain, the High Court has held in a landmark judgment | NLJ https://t.co/9XOG8Uzlds
  • Heathrow protest barrister gears up for Supreme Court appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/uXApAmHACc
  • Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells: Lacks estate sues pharmaceutical company - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tsHWo
  • Why being a global finance lawyer is the next best thing to being a rockstar - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k0juvxKnlv
  • Giving MPs police guards at local meetings is one of a "range" of steps that could protect politicians, Priti Patel has said after an MP's killing https://t.co/5wQCvRM43D
  • Slater & Gordon to offer ADR for all contested low-value PI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/CoZwVeJmsZ
  • Most personal injury claimants no longer accepting PIAB awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iDxqXwpubz 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Assisted dying, the Human Rights Act 'overhaul', and the limits of Scottish legislation - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BYg28GhgY
  • Ghana: Brief but critical presentation for a successful developmental State | Isaac Owusu Nsiah https://t.co/TC36ZV6lsI
  • One of President Nicolás Maduro's closest aides has been extradited from Cape Verde to the United States, where he's been charged with money laundering #Venezuela https://t.co/fX4LtFlszl 
  • Fad or future? Elite law firms target tech-savvy students for non-law roles - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kmUe3zLxjw
  • #French President Emmanuel Macron has called a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago an "unforgivable crime". On 17 October 1961, French police turned on Algerian demonstrators. Some were shot, others were drowned https://t.co/6HPhiSwFd
  • The Speaker of the House of Commons has said he is working "at pace" with police and the home secretary to find ways to improve safety for MPs https://t.co/f1D4u1d8Dz
  • A formerly homeless couple have a chance to buy a house for £1 under a scheme to help key workers and others on to the property ladder. Tim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first tenants who have moved into 12 new houses in Wolverhampton https://t.co/EnWivHnYkZ
  • Treasurer urges non-complacency as employees return to office environment - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/6FNgR88VFx
  • High Court ruling on relationship between judge and barrister may have major repercussions on judicial wellbeing - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XtffLGNAw
  • Law Societies condemn 'harmful' economic crime levy | Law Gazette https://t.co/89WrcNNV6a 
  • Government accused of ‘shirking responsibility’ in bid to overturn ruling against Aboriginal deportation #Australia https://t.co/NWpN5gGAdg
  • Future City trainee: 'I want to work in the EU. When is the best time to make the switch?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sLuXeq6Hh
  • Better protections for gig economy workers needed - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/E47NCMykWA
  • Man declared proclaimed offender in 20-yr-old fraud case denied bail by Delhi court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3hhFm2wHi3
  • Top City firms join forces to launch legal ops grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/85chKT7NJ
  • In conversation with minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam SC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yFFf5KzfU9
  • Courts service sets out ICT strategy for next three years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/aaFzpqfZaK
  • Centre notifies appointment of 7 new judges to Gujarat High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uFf9Mz6XgX
  • Dublin’s legal scene through the eyes of two junior lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I2uTBl6mMw