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29th November - Law News

Edition 3625: 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:
Scuffles broke out as opposition supporters rallied in the streets of Lima, Peru to demand President José Pedro Castillo be impeached. Peru’s former-schoolteacher leader, known as El Profe, has been in his post for only 100 days, but is facing a motion claiming he has demonstrated ‘moral incapacity.’
 
Focus of the Day Story: A shortage of lawyers and judges, and the poor condition of cold, leaky court buildings, are holding back efforts to reduce the backlog, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has warned  Full story - New Law Journal 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • LawTech Talks: Technology for barristers - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/wu7e0luAJO
  • Relocating hen harrier chicks to spare grouse for the gun - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/iGK61UNxBg
  • Private firms working for UK government ‘should be subject to FOI rules’: Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham says existing transparency law is no longer fit for purpose https://t.co/QPA18eq8ug 
  • #SouthAfrica's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action https://t.co/Pwnt4lR9Mt 
  • Legal profession excels in latest social mobility rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/W1rYddJD6i 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Intersectionality is critical to legal service delivery - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/9U5r28NXuF
  • Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Sharjeel Imam In Sedition Case Filed Over His Speech At AMU #India https://t.co/tdLvvaCO
  • "Autonomy does not evaporate with loss of capacity": Court of Protection - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/f9zfn79PMb
  • Macfarlanes boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tzEGFOraF
  • Conservative MP Caroline Nokes has criticised Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries after she dismissed Ms Nokes' claim she was groped by the prime minister's father, Stanley Johnson https://t.co/uXAx4AtfZV
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: ACC chair Mike Madden on elevating the GC role - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/bZCbLkFpO
  • Detention of a minor for his own protection – round two - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/NfHckiB7cJ
  • UCL beats Harvard in top 10 world rankings for law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JSQJHyfMB
  • On Monday, MPs will see proposals from the Commons Standards Committee to change their code of conduct - including on the jobs they are allowed to do on top of their work in Parliament https://t.co/npeWwv0d
  • ‘The Golden Age of the Office’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/NvEynbcs
  • Capacity to engage in sexual relations: the relevance of the partner's consent - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/P6TElCAIE
  • British Airways has suspended flights to Hong Kong amid reports more of its crew members have been forced to quarantine in a government centre. BA confirmed it has temporarily stopped flights "while we review operational requirements for this route" https://t.co/m3zE4lwfM
  • ‘Will a 52 in contract prevent me securing a City training contract?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NDLy4j7oUL
  • Two British film-makers have shone a light on a campaigning lawyer and her clients in an expose of misogyny and dangerous politics in #Turkey https://t.co/xhjjL1xvPQ
  • Workers’ comp claims expected to cost government $638m - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/kOp4cpZtaa
  • #Australian government’s ‘anti-troll’ legislation would allow social media users to sue bullies, but experts say its focus on defamation will not help curb the rates of online bullying or cyberhate https://t.co/B0jhEhK8vV
  • A 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in west London has been named. Rishmeet Singh was attacked in Raleigh Road, Southall, just after 21:00 GMT on Wednesday. Emergency services attended however he died at the scene https://t.co/4R10X4SBGC 
  • Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said face masks will be compulsory in shops and on public transport in England from Tuesday in response to the new Omicron variant https://t.co/qXh6BtGky4
  • Mandatory vaccination for care home workers not unlawful nor in breach of ECHR - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/8pqzC6c1xM
  • #Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain https://t.co/b0xHJMUod
  • Tighter restrictions have come into force in the #Netherlands, amid record Covid cases and concerns over the new Omicron variant https://t.co/cwCwq3nQwM
  • Migrant crisis: confrontational UK home secretary Priti Patel with a history of anti-refugee posture not included in Calais meeting https://t.co/X2JwjyHmbD
  • 25 Bedford Row barristers to star in new Channel 4 documentary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EgIab7Xipt 
  • ‘Alarming provisions’ in Religious Discrimination Bill: HLRC - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HGTOcRMpwS
  • Heard, convicted and sentenced in a day: Special POCSO Judge convicts man for rape of 8-year-old | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/H6J1IdL0Og
  • Five types of lawyer you’ve met this year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XFGjQNj1rX
  • Judges must maintain absolute discretion in courtrooms: President Ram Nath Kovind | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8nqrtIMtC2
  • A not so magical Xmas: Linklaters and Slaughter and May cancel festive parties for second year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xB7LX5zBm8
  • [COVID-19] Supreme Court issues notice in plea for National Plan for rehabilitation of families affected by pandemic | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/spVB8R0ji9
  • What are the rules and guidance for face masks and coverings? https://t.co/WO1wDmJ0am