Edition 3601: 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: Tax havens cost governments at least $245bn a year in lost revenue – and many of these havens are British. In fact, the country is leading the world in hiding legitimate money and laundering dirty cash. So how did we get here, and how has Britain managed to preside over a third of the world's lost taxes?
Focus of the Day Story: Six major law firms partner with US pro bono legaltech Paladin for UK launch. UK Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance among partners helping Paladin bring pro bono legal offering to UK audience. Full story - The Global Legal Post
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- Doctor who presided over cluster of infant deaths at Bacchus Marsh hospital banned from practising https://t.co/xzfl3IVgxp
- Climate change: Facebook fails to flag denial, study finds - The Center for Countering Digital Hate and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue said less than 10% of misleading posts were marked as misinformation https://t.co/YbvqBPbSjf
- JR bill ‘not terribly dangerous’, says Labour ex-home secretary | Law Gazette https://t.co/rrK3Clkpvy
- Police Scotland’s response to rape complainers ‘outdated and inconsistent’ - Rape Crisis Scotland report says officers’ ‘prejudicial attitudes’ leave survivors isolated and anxious https://t.co/IWZoShdj2G
- Yorkshire
have been suspended from hosting England matches as the England and
Wales Cricket Board delivered a devastating rebuke over the club's
response to racism experienced by former player Azeem Rafiq https://t.co/RqSUl2Qtfy
- COVID-19 Not A Valid Ground For Seeking Extension Of Parole: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/DlFosWaKQ
- Zahir Jaffer, the primary suspect in the Noor Mukadam murder case, was forcefully removed from a sessions court in Islamabad by police on Wednesday after he disrupted proceedings and hurled obscenities at the judge #Pakistan https://t.co/wVY0mvr0tk
- Developer
of unprofitable Aberdeen flats loses appeal against breach of contract
action by project manager - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nJx6EiTSHd
- MP who made threatening phone calls to a woman because she was jealous of her relationship with her partner has been given a suspended sentence. Claudia Webbe was convicted of one charge of harassment last month https://t.co/XlwJok0s8G
- Fifteenth time lucky: advice clinic's legal aid struggle revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qht48GS1OP
- Highest ever number of rapes recorded in England and Wales - Total of 61,158 offences recorded in year ending June 2021, amid national debate over women’s safety https://t.co/q5RFdmSt97
- Cleo Smith update: West #Australian police charge Terence Kelly, 36, over alleged abduction https://t.co/XfvmeXPzl9
- Humiliated Tory MP Owen Paterson has finally resigned after a row over his conduct led to a government u-turn https://t.co/FELvF7IDZG
- Cooler heads prevail following Edinburgh Sheriff Court incident - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GnADBBiHfR
- Solicitor struck off for misleading client about settlement - Legal Futures https://t.co/tVtMlkIbom
- JD Sports has hit out at the UK's competition watchdog after being forced to sell rival chain Footasylum. After an investigation, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ruled that the takeover could lead to a "worse deal" for customers https://t.co/ZYRf3X6MXv
- Insulate
Britain protesters have blocked two roads around Parliament Square in
Westminster. The group said more than 60 activists had gathered at
Bridge Street by Westminster Bridge and the peers' entrance to the
Houses of Parliament https://t.co/obS86m1fa8
- Owen Paterson row: Government U-turn over MPs' conduct plan - MPs - who must sign off any sanction - will now vote again on Mr Paterson' recommended 30-day suspension https://t.co/fNWaILcGfc
- ‘Grossly unhelpful’ expert ordered to pay £50k wasted costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BQ7tPrbxwF
- UK’s first-ever Pakistani Muslim QC Sibghat Kadri passes away https://t.co/o4HOYSqOC
- Civil justice system “in desperate need of modernisation” - Legal Futures https://t.co/Sr9QxhmRnP
- State pension payments still delayed for thousands - applications have yet to be processed for 4,900 people from whom the DWP has asked for extra details. https://t.co/bww3hieYzm
- Amanda Knox on how she thinks her case would be viewed today - After being found guilty along with her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and serving four years in prison, Knox and Sollecito were exonerated by the Italian Supreme Court on appeal in 2015 https://t.co/74bhUfiCA1
- The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator. The tablet - molnupiravir - will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease https://t.co/BGPeGEW8h9
- Regulators will have veto over foreign qualifications, government promises | Law Gazette https://t.co/6105KtAGid
- High Court refuses new medical evidence for ex-solicitor's strike-off appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/RNYnP8dWVg
- Gillian McCluskey to head up litigation at Alston Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JlDDDEH8xw
- Big firms join forces to improve BAME under-representation - Legal Futures https://t.co/N5yHG6fWFM
- LAA ordered to apologise to law centre for 'unreasonable delays' | Law Gazette https://t.co/GtfGtVp5P8
- A European manhunt is under way for a man accused of one of the biggest burglaries in English legal history, a BBC investigation has found. Alfredo Lindley is said to have led a series of burglaries on the luxury homes of three celebrities https://t.co/NHX73upzR
- Special committee to make recommendations on assisted human reproduction and international surrogacy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y7uHqZXGSl
- Land registration charge to soar from January | Law Gazette https://t.co/VPNv56dh3H
- Pointed questions suggest #US supreme court ready to ease restrictions on guns https://t.co/UMxyMIJJ85
- Solicitor struck off for blue badge parking deception | Law Gazette https://t.co/rasLD9EFlA
- Fishing row: What happens if UK takes legal action against France over post-Brexit dispute? https://t.co/ARKpqhMHVm
- CPS fails in Supreme Court bid to recover confiscated £1.5m | Law Gazette https://t.co/k7uHJUjDHN
- UK's online safety bill: Internet trolls could face two years in prison for psychological harm https://t.co/GFQH4yzzV0 https://t.co/IyRaayXM39
- Violence, illegal force, abuse: who will remove G4S from children’s prisons? https://t.co/qM1xc5Z7jv
- Arrests in Belfast after police attacked in Brexit protocol unrest https://t.co/5YBtXsmGG9
- Five activists have been arrested as hundreds of climate change protesters marched through Glasgow. Scuffles broke out during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration outside the SSE energy company as two activists tried to force their way into the building https://t.co/5KKn07V9hE
- The British trawler that was detained by France during the post-Brexit fishing row has been released by the French authorities https://t.co/YUMx30A4In
- Hundreds hunt for new jobs as another claims firm goes under | Law Gazette https://t.co/JdyFzvqKGS
