Edition 3569: 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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- How I became a green energy lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LYeWneGtD
- In plain sight, Boris Johnson is rigging the system to stay in power - Weakening the courts, limiting protest, hobbling the elections regulator. If another country did this, what would we call it? https://t.co/YRjgq3NmJ
- LawTech Talks: Getting more women into legal tech leadership - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/BFWbTw0zY
- Competition for pupillage fiercer than ever, Bar Council report finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6VLzDwsCk6
- Severed finger's owner traced by police in Southampton https://t.co/DsZHBgqY6H
- Church sex abuse: Thousands of paedophiles in #French Church, inquiry says https://t.co/pG0t2D5MM
- The secret wealth of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents. Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies https://t.co/YYxvPuj3O
- The Weekly Round-Up: public executions, same-sex adoption and refugee rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4UZA2zFSnK
- Legal aid: Are City lawyers best placed to plug the gap? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/i5QU96SYJb
- PM Boris Johnson points to criminal justice delays that mean sexual violence and other cases can take years to be heard https://t.co/uMTy7IWAjI
- Goodwin boosts London trainee pay by 14% to £57,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rZ7OoWzcAn
- Can AI qualify as an "inventor" for the purposes of patent law? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/7cxcEbYbnQ
- Donald Trump asks Florida judge to force Twitter to reinstate account - The request follows the former president suing Twitter, Facebook and Google in July accusing them of censoring conservative voices #US https://t.co/duKQAFV5VI
- Norton Rose Fulbright to help fund underprivileged aspiring lawyers through university - Legal Cheek https://t.co/s97kQVviU4
- The Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office #US https://t.co/iaI0e0Zygj
- Botox and lip-fillers no longer available to under-18s in England - Law passes meaning it will be illegal to administer products for cosmetic purposes to those under 18 https://t.co/2LvKR0e2R1
- MPs and civil servants called to account for misleading use of statistics - Official watchdog has responded to a rise in complaints from politicians and the public about misuse of figures https://t.co/0kfYqRLKaq
- A
hedge fund lawyer Matthew Adam Feargrieve who punched a fashion
designer during a performance of Wagner at the Royal Opera House has
been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T2j2jFVtXk
- In Bell and A v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1363 the Court of Appeal advised judges to avoid formulating policy in an area of social and moral complexity - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Q3QenXQxsJ
- The Speaker of the House of Commons has asked for an urgent meeting with the Met Police after it was confirmed that Wayne Couzens was on duty five times at parliament last year https://t.co/L4mXTl6uvw
- Two men arrested after a video was posted on social media purportedly showed a female nightclubber's drink being spiked. Police have said two 18-year-olds from Gloucestershire have been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance https://t.co/gfNFZGcWTm
- Tensions rise at #Kosovo border as number plate row escalates https://t.co/g7DJPvTSlL
- Jonathan Cooper obituary: Human rights barrister at the forefront of the fight to decriminalise homosexuality around the world https://t.co/5XzpRB2WUB
- Apprentice star Lottie Lion starts law degree at Bristol Uni - Legal Cheek https://t.co/c2xXiM7sff
- Transgender person allowed to appear for Kolkata Police recruitment exam: Calcutta High Court told | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/70hIR56YW6
- What’s been happening in venture capital? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/rOeN9m51Lw
- Tax through time: How to get the rich to pay their way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eJfRCOUvXP
- Lone police officers in Scotland to offer checks on their own identity https://t.co/ujXmE4YSRu
- A high-profile rape allegation at #Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sparked a social media storm in recent weeks about the "toxic" work culture of pressuring employees to drink at work gatherings https://t.co/ikTVDk4qG8
- Tens of thousands of people have been holding rallies across all 50 #US states in support of abortion rights. They have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the state https://t.co/aRyMkWBVKL
- A Canadian national who narrated propaganda videos for the Islamic State group has been charged in the US. #Saudi-born Mohammed Khalifa was seized by a Kurdish-led militia in Syria in 2019 and later handed over to the FBI https://t.co/DtdqCFZwP1
- At the Tory party conference this week, Priti Patel will announce plans for longer sentences and new powers for police to seize protesters' equipment https://t.co/VFbNNK8lU
- Despite the horrifying levels of violence against women, there is no strategy to end it. Just promises to ‘learn lessons’ https://t.co/GkOOSV7c8w Oct 03, 2021
- Queen ‘to spend millions funding Prince Andrew’s defence against sex abuse claims’ https://t.co/gjyyu4kzwa
- 'Pls fix, thx': Is this the latest junior lawyer social media trend? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6Qr1bFiCOi
