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9th October - Law News

Edition 3574: 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:  Two drugs cases in #India, but different ways of dealing with them. In Gujarat's Mundra, a massive drugs haul last month was estimated to be worth Rs 21,000 crore. However, in focus is the Aryan Khan case, in which a few grams of drugs were recovered from a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai.
 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • University defends ‘academic freedoms’ after calls to sack professor https://t.co/24luO67a3U
  • QUB School of Law welcomes eight new academic staff | Irish Legal News https://t.co/i2obl0jIKC 
  • Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock will lead an independent review into the Metropolitan Police's culture and standards following Sarah Everard's murder, the force has announced https://t.co/TYjObtCQdg
  • Lord Advocate to meet bereaved families over Crown delays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kCWh1B6dTN
  • BDO awarded £3.4m in Rangers case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Psaa8La9
  • #Polish court rules EU laws incompatible with its constitution https://t.co/9Oc8ooDPE
  • Gove looks at cutting insurance costs to tackle building safety crisis - Housing secretary may also push developers to pay for repairs in signs of renewed push to fix problem https://t.co/mgNDVCr2t
  • A man admits killing two women in 1987, a court has heard. David Fuller, 67, of Heathfield, East Sussex, attacked Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, at their Tunbridge Wells bedsits https://t.co/wsYI6Ven3p
  • Irish lawyers asked to help find accommodation for Afghanistan’s women judges and lawyers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/y0CTqfq8B
  • Tory peers to defy Boris Johnson with push to make misogyny a hate crime: Lady Newlove confident of cross-party support for amendment, despite PM’s stance https://t.co/hXXi6aMOAv 
  • Omni Energy switched unprofitable customers without express consent - Firm is struggling financially with record high gas prices and removed customers who used the most energy https://t.co/bJ2rD1t7Dx
  • The indecent exposure epidemic: ‘How are they not taking this seriously after Sarah Everard?’ https://t.co/wsSzDgTTmd
  • A “high number” of people in the south west of England have reported testing positive for Covid-19 in lateral flow tests and then negative in subsequent PCRs – sparking fears of faulty tests or a even a new variant of the killer disease https://t.co/v0VFdmtVkQ
  • CILEX lawyers 'bullied and belittled by solicitors' | Law Gazette https://t.co/mzyKw1KJCE
  • Students used by law firm for agency advocacy are 'workers' - Legal Futures https://t.co/xLC5TSSwyE 
  • Mumbai court to hear Aryan Khan bail plea at 12.30 pm tomorrow in Cruise ship drug case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/M7dmHAdA5s
  • Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the #Philippines and #Russia. The Nobel committee called the pair "representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal" https://t.co/gZAM3PUNzG
  • A police officer is to face a misconduct hearing after being accused of taking Jaffa Cakes from a charity tuck shop without paying. PC Chris Dwyer is alleged to have taken the items from the canteen at Halifax police station in January https://t.co/80RGG6JvSJ
  • Former lawyer, Tory MP and ex-Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire dies, aged 53 https://t.co/sEDMPiYyn2
  • Jail sentence for barrister guilty of child sex offences - Legal Futures https://t.co/3L0x4FnQR4 
  • Police have arrested 35 Insulate Britain protesters who blocked a major road in central London and a junction on the M25 during rush hour https://t.co/8dos8nK9kw
  • Backlog of crown court cases denies women justice https://t.co/kYXoixybHl
  • Court lets late solicitors off hook - but don’t expect more ‘indulgence’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/tCyOYVThI
  • #India Supreme Court to revert to physical hearings on Wednesdays and Thursdays from October 20 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/TNGJyxRR2R
  • New ABS regulator grants first licence to lifetime planning business - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZRTWzWC7yT
  • Supreme Court’s UNCRC ruling ‘dark day for democracy’, according to Greens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XcaW79N1Zs
  • Nearly 1,200 students sign up to first SQE sitting - Legal Futures https://t.co/fsRC09KCOT 
  • Female firearms officer victimised, tribunal finds - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nbkQjI1tov 
  • Officials in California have said the man identified by private investigators as the so-called Zodiac Killer is not currently a suspect in the case #US https://t.co/hUVeCm9x7M
  • Lakhimpur Kheri: #India's junior home minister's son evades police questioning - Ashish Mishra was called in six days after he was accused in an attack that left eight people dead https://t.co/mlxbzdGl54
  • Insolvency funder prepares for Covid caseload surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/isxL19cW2T
  • Whisky firm fails in trademark case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2HsSCIzrmR 
  • Doctors are being warned about a dangerous pre-workout trend called dry scooping that some gym-goers are doing. It involves eating protein-rich powder supplements neat, rather than diluting them in water, as recommended by manufacturers https://t.co/Iun0zUveFT
  • Flu jab vital this winter along with Covid vaccine https://t.co/R9Xh6I6ETB 
  • Nevada judge recommends dismissal of Cristiano Ronaldo rape case #US https://t.co/7ZEj8LwiuS 
  • Solicitor sanctioned over fake signature appeals tribunal decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/oCSJnadugW
  • Scottish Human Rights Commission recommends 14 steps to government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nrwzDynxDZ
  • International law firms putting emphasis on wellness to retain talent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2UH3q6lieq 
  • Dubai ruler had ex-wife and solicitors’ phones hacked, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/pc4uy4EFEO
  • Multi-disciplinary speaking panel at this month’s Personal Injury Conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eMDKFyFUbl
  • City unites to train grads in legal tech operations | Law Gazette https://t.co/OKSAUZSQNZ 
  • Standing junior counsel to Advocate General for Scotland appointed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UZfpmgnDVj 
  • Claimant loses in Court of Appeal despite defendant offering no evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/2eygjSlYUz 
  • UK travel red list cut to just seven countries https://t.co/vzACrO9FLn 
  • Karachi court issues bailable arrest warrants for 12 officials in Mehran Town factory fire case #Pakistan https://t.co/gUL8HWRpMx 
  • Aberdein Considine advises on funding deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BZ4Aun3BF9