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25th October - Law News

Edition 3589: 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:  Pro-military protesters blocked roads and bridges in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum on Sunday, but were dispersed by police, as tensions mount between supporters of the generals and interim government backers. 

Focus of the Day Story: 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 English nationals injured or killed while travelling overseas. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The legal profession needs to focus less on individual resilience & more on resilience as a function of social groups in order to improve the general mental health of the Australian legal industry post-pandemic, according to one professor - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/A1rx5xzW6z
  • Fund legal aid training contracts and pupillages, MPs and peers urge government - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3EXM1SKjJn
  • Omagh revisited - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bS3i0ed5bt 
  • Eight men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two teenage boys died. Essex Police said officers found three people injured after receiving a number of calls to Regency Court, Brentwood https://t.co/N9u2SNmKsE
  • Aberdein Considine hires banking veteran George McNaughton - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OQM58oCLr8
  • Assisted Dying Bill (England & Wales) | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/91lDyF9PTL 
  • Why litigation is a game of chess - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qFB6h08BD6 
  • Leaving law to become a sex and relationship coach - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EytuOArafj 
  • Terra Firma ranked in five practice categories in latest edition of Chambers & Partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TSW6gtuY0S 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Human trafficking, climate protest and algorithmic discrimination - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/trmPSddeDu
  • Abertay law grad sues uni over probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HRdNElmubZ
  • Ampersand Advocates welcomes top rankings in latest Chambers guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3Cg9UhLXL
  • Anger as ministers block ‘fire and rehire’ bill in Commons - Opposition and unions say government is siding with bad bosses by scuppering proposed legislation https://t.co/4WSb2k5aRz
  • England: Backlog of criminal cases to last many years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wJvrm2XjCm 
  • Crew on Baldwin film raised prop gun concerns before fatal shooting - Text message warning of ‘super-unsafe’ conditions was later followed by a walkout by camera operators #US https://t.co/HMBP3ncVPY
  • BARBRI tests commercial awareness and creative thinking with new full SQE1 scholarship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RcJucNDgw
  • Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’. Frances Haugen says chief executive has not shown any desire to shield users from the consequences of harmful content https://t.co/YPAHXe6aRb
  • Customer service and having a good reputation online are as important as resolving a legal matter satisfactorily, law firms increasingly believe | NLJ https://t.co/SrGzKtrVk4 
  • Police investigating after Palace fans display banner at Newcastle match: The banner, depicting an image of the club’s new Saudi Arabian owners, PIF, about to behead a magpie as faceless fans in the background sang: “We’ve got our club back https://t.co/Cx6lrouWLG
  • UK government paves way to bring in tough ‘plan B’ Covid rules: Councils consulted over support for measures such as vaccine passports https://t.co/zMYugpHiK9
  • #Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country's largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday https://t.co/9Q0fwhTCub
  • Cleaver Fulton Rankin recognised for people management excellence | Irish Legal News https://t.co/PQTPAcCpV
  • Proven Concepts in New Contexts: Applying Public Health, Mental Health, and Human Rights Strategies to Atrocity Prevention https://t.co/V96zSQlwk1 
  • Top ranking for Compass in Chambers UK Bar 2022 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fw6fdpbp87
  • New gambling regulator to become operational next year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bNrUs2AnQ6
  • Top law professors pen letter in support of academic freedom - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AAV0K9pIRb
  • A&L Goodbody names David Widger as next managing partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/B3OVFaywbs
  • Navigating multi-billion pound deals and cross-border transactions as a City lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sq8JRyhQLA 
  • Best of the blogs - 23 October 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7CqzVfd1qz