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6th November - Law News

Edition 3602: 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:
Recently, big brands in India have been at the receiving end of a lot of backlash for their advertisements. Top brands were forced to withdraw their ads following threats. Experts say ads must stay away from religion and politics.


 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Warrenpoint and Limavady solicitors appointed as notaries public | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G9mgI8VDHh
  • Lord Hope recalls being ‘deeply disturbed’ in criminal appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x6y6GARud1 
  • ECtHR: Romanian politician fails in appeal against conviction over judges’ failure to sign judgment | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qriV3aMHPj 
  • The British Transport Police (BTP) has apologised to the British African community for "systemic racism" and a corrupt officer in the 1970s. A number of young black people were jailed for crimes they did not commit https://t.co/np1zYUvfHf 
  • Maldon District Council meeting disrupted and police called https://t.co/pX8kSJdXcB
  • ‘You use it, you pay for it’: Conveyancers change how they fund ombudsman | Law Gazette https://t.co/A6VJuQwM1E 
  • ‘Authoritarian nightmare of juryless trials’ moves a step closer with Lord Advocate’s endorsement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9JS0yADFGi 
  • The British army has serious questions to answer about the alleged killing of Agnes Wanjiru https://t.co/FgqogUxzpD
  • Inner House refuses appeal by Scottish Football Association in Rangers sponsorship dispute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cy1VZRXdao 
  • The drive for net zero | Law Gazette https://t.co/DGVmpNmnoD 
  • Northern Ireland’s mental health and domestic violence courts delayed by pandemic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gz3quCSL6Y 
  • How lawyers can work together to help those in need | Law Gazette https://t.co/AEwqNuLMRb 
  • Lawyers call for more work on domestic violence in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DmM5oQ3LMy 
  • Sleaze row: Paterson vote ‘completely undermines trust’, says ex-government legal chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/3xnBGiYedD 
  • Carolanne Cunningham joins Griffin as general counsel | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gzL1kGOn3j
  • Israeli bookstores pull Sally Rooney's books in boycott row - The acclaimed writer said it was in support of calls to boycott #Israel over its policies towards the Palestinians https://t.co/VhQbqO1QZc 
  • ‘Overworked’ Slater and Gordon solicitor used client payout on other cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/J63rBnB3eZ
  • More than half of licensed taxi drivers have not returned to the trade since the pandemic - the shortage has prompted concerns over the safety of women, students and night time workers struggling to get home https://t.co/Qt7UhYlo2S
  • More openness in family courts will put children’s privacy at risk https://t.co/4ijqemikkZ 
  • The late Hollywood actress Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted as a teenager by the actor Kirk Douglas, a new book has claimed. Ms Wood's sister, Lana, makes the allegations in her memoir "Little Sister", due for release on 9 November https://t.co/O4UewdTJkI 
  • Defenders of judicial review plead their case to MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/DHSqbKP0oX 
  • Two death row inmates in Japan are taking legal action against same-day executions. Prisoners on death row are only notified hours before they are to be executed. Capital punishment is conducted by hanging https://t.co/M3qdscwZD8
  • Lawyer Roger Hutton has resigned his post as Yorkshire chairman over the club's response to racism experienced by former player Azeem Rafiq. He had been under mounting pressure to step down and "apologised unreservedly" to 30-year-old Rafiq https://t.co/F4kpJXdh2A
  • A person has died after an attempt to cross the English Channel, French authorities have confirmed. The person was found dead on a beach near Calais on Thursday morning, following the discovery of a boat which was full of water https://t.co/i6Lgqu7pig 
  • Barristers from ethnic minority backgrounds ‘face systemic obstacles’ - Report by Bar Council’s race working group says ethnic minority barristers are paid less and are at greater risk of bullying https://t.co/F0n1plpLrF 
  • Overseas use 'puts future of English law at risk' | Law Gazette https://t.co/pQcdXWCxdc 
  • Reporting Year 2021: Characteristics of children in need https://t.co/Yu18N8DCGr
  • 'Too little focus on the value [of] the rule of law' - lord chief justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/sFUOR8O9Rn 
  • CSA collection and write-off strategy nears completion | Family Law Week https://t.co/F6OQLqFMcA 
  • Firm announces it will pay NQs almost £150,000 a year | Law Gazette https://t.co/1LDg7kubkG 
  • Guarding Special Guardianship: the need for legal aid reform Family Law Week https://t.co/2c8tZl2bn2
  • Charity’s private prosecution ‘perverting the course of public justice’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/v6Cix96qsy 
  • A hospital worker has admitted murdering two women in 1987, and sexually abusing at least 100 female corpses, including children. David Fuller, 67, of Heathfield, East Sussex, attacked Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in Tunbridge Wells https://t.co/QQz6ICSslE
  • Met Police counter-terror officer secretly filmed dozens of women while posing as airline pilot https://t.co/w1vaLGc6EA