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24th October - Law News

Edition 3588: 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:  Italy's former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has gone on trial for his role in blocking a migrant rescue ship in 2019. The far-right politician is accused of kidnapping and abuse of power, for preventing two vessels from docking for days. Salvini says he was just carrying out the policies of the government at the time.
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Court backlog 'will remain a problem for years to come' - National Audit Office | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWGbK03o6N
  • Optimism is returning to the legal sector, with recruiters reporting a ‘record-smashing’ jobs market and PwC’s annual survey finding confidence and increased revenues at law firms | NLJ https://t.co/PA8vzFnUFM
  • Disabled people need more help to live, not to die https://t.co/qm0yF33QHw
  • Taylor Wessing mourns stalwart who was with firm for 35 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/RtDfaRR6DT
  • Cleveland police chief says criminalising drug addiction is causing deaths https://t.co/Ileprbg9D8
  • Faculty Christmas Collection returns: The nights are drawing in and there’s a definite nip in the air. Winter is on its way, which means so is the season for giving - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IBSVM0SDl0
  • Matteo Salvini, right-wing #Italy politician on trial for blocking migrant boat https://t.co/lTCYZhdUqi
  • Veteran solicitor agrees to be struck off after almost 50 years on roll | Law Gazette https://t.co/jp22Pvjd66
  • The Sentencing Council has proposed changes to sentencing guidelines for terrorism offences, following the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 | NLJ https://t.co/urp9OdGbiu 
  • SDT starts drive to recruit 25 new members | Law Gazette https://t.co/F2e11qMyLM
  • Ministers ‘have grown accustomed to the ease with which laws can be made… and seem reluctant to relinquish law-making functions back to Parliament’ now the initial stages of the pandemic have passed, the Bingham Centre has warned | NLJ https://t.co/pu9Uhxan7G 
  • SRA approves PII clause clarifying cybercrime cover | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGWWMlzVEd 
  • Demand for civil legal aid fell sharply during pandemic year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bcWKpnqXXl
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces uptick in profits to £3.9m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BEa2CAv5Yw 
  • Small businesses are crying out for lawtech, government-backed initiative claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ya6ByuIRzH
  • Twitter says Online Safety Bill needs more clarity https://t.co/hwha1Znf5a Oct 23, 2021
  • The government should link legal aid fees for defence lawyers to the rates of pay of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), according to a major report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal Aid | NLJ https://t.co/BbVQBpTadr
  • The former president of the Supreme Court has revealed that he is ‘unconvinced’ by a major argument used to justify the government’s controversial judicial review reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/hxbOv7yBV
  • Bill to enhance transparency around deductions from insurers’ Covid settlements | Irish Legal News https://t.co/U3YQvJU0q2 
  • Gardener ordered to cut down ‘obscene’ hedge after neighbour complains - the hedge pointing towards the entrance. He initially carved it as a joke for drinkers in a pub when they teased him for trimming his bushes https://t.co/L217tTyugQ
  • Lady Brownlie, whose husband died on a driving tour organised by Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, has won her appeal at the Supreme Court, in a decision that has significant implications for travelling English nationals injured overseas | NLJ https://t.co/sc4Iipz7d5
  • What are prop guns and why are they dangerous? https://t.co/xDVd7dIpfC
  • The circularity gap and the growth of world movements for environmental justice | Joan Martinez-alier - https://t.co/5rtcFMoW5u https://t.co/69v3SwvsMO
  • Alec Baldwin told gun was safe before fatal shooting - court records https://t.co/CdwN8irKqB 
  • Where have so many RTA claims disappeared to? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rt0r2hKaW5 
  • Residents in a North Lincolnshire village have been left feeling a little disorientated after a road sign was erected welcoming people to Yorkshire https://t.co/CErSk69yHh